Brandon Nakashima and Denis Shapovalov will play each other in the 1st round of the National Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.89
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Shapovalov

This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Denis Shapovalov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Nakashima and Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shapovalov won 6-4 7-5 4-6 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2023.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Brandon Nakashima – French Open 29-May-2023

Brandon Nakashima

Brandon Nakashima

47 - 22win/loss

Hard
14-6
I Hard
11-4
Clay
13-7
Grass
9-5
Rank
52
High
43
WWLWLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-22 14-6 13-7 11-4 9-5 0-0
2023 21-26 9-15 3-4 8-3 1-4 0-0
2022 41-26 17-13 5-5 9-4 10-4 0-0
2021 45-25 17-10 4-7 20-5 4-3 0-0
2020 28-14 19-6 4-4 5-3 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 52, Nakashima got to the 1st round after defeating Nicolas Arseneault 6-3 6-2 and Billy Harris 6-4 7-6(2).

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-4 7-62). During the match, Nakashima scored 75 points vs Harris’s 64. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nakashima made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. Nakashima broke Harris 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Brandon started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Nakashima has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (212-130). 14-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has a compiled98-63 record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.

Brandon has an overall 47-22 win-loss record in 2024, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Montreal
Nakashima's Record

Denis Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov

17 - 19win/loss

Hard
6-7
I Hard
3-3
Clay
5-6
Grass
3-3
Rank
106
High
10
LWWWLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-19 6-7 5-6 3-3 3-3 0-0
2023 13-13 6-6 3-3 0-1 4-3 0-0
2022 34-26 22-12 4-4 7-6 1-4 0-0
2021 30-23 11-11 7-6 4-3 8-3 0-0
2020 17-15 8-6 5-2 4-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 106, Denis will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in Washington where he lost 7-6(5) 6-6 def.

to Shelton in the quarter on the 2nd of August.

Denis has a composed 17-19 win-loss record in 2024, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Canadian has an overall 293-201 record. He has a positive 130-86 record on hard.

Previously in Toronto

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.

Montreal
Shapovalov's Record

Tennis Scores in Montreal

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