Yoshihito Nishioka and Aleksandar Kovacevic will face off in the 1st round of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.64
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
This will be the 2nd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Aleksandar Kovacevic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Nishioka won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Seoul back in 2022.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs Aleksandar Kovacevic – Seoul 01-October-2022
Yoshihito Nishioka
21 - 17win/loss
50
24
WWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-17 | 9-8 | 6-7 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 14-15 | 5-5 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 25-13 | 2-5 | 17-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 5-11 | 8-7 | 5-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-13 | 10-6 | 2-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, the Japanese will start his run in Washington after he won the title in Atlanta after beating 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2 Thompson in the final.
Nishioka has a compiled 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Atlanta where he overcame Jordan Thompson in the final 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2.
Nishioka won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 415-265 record. He has a positive 230-142 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
21 - 21win/loss
82
82
LLWWLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-21 | 14-8 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-27 | 34-15 | 0-5 | 7-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-31 | 22-18 | 4-4 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82 (career-high), Kovacevic will start his run in Washington after he played his last match in Atlanta where he lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Opelka in the 1st round on the 24th of July.
Aleksandar has an overall 21-21 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 173-135 record. He has a positive 111-76 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLLLLW Tennis Scores in Washington
- Cristian GarinGarin – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-64 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Borna CoricCoric (6-74 7-68 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David GoffinGoffin – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Adam WaltonWalton (7-66 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Harold MayotMayot (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeff WolfWolf – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Christian GarinGarin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
