Hubert Hurkacz and Yoshihito Nishioka will play each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on HOLCIM STADIUM 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.34
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 3.28
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 2nd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Yoshihito Nishioka clash 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 fought against each other, Nishioka won 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Le Gosier Challenger back in 2016.
Hubert Hurkacz
36 - 15win/loss
7
6
LWWLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-15 | 13-7 | 14-4 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-13 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, the Pole will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 3-6 7-6(5) 7-5 to Popyrin in the quarter on the 11th of August.
Hurkacz has a compiled 36-15 win-loss record in 2024, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Estoril where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Hurkacz has an overall 390-229 record. He has a positive 182-87 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
Yoshihito Nishioka
24 - 19win/loss
52
24
WWWLLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 12-10 | 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. 52, Yoshihito reached the 2nd round after beating Taro Daniel 6-3 6-1, Arthur Cazaux 6-4 6-4 and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Nishioka had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-4 7-5). During the match Nishioka scored 63 points vs Kecmanovic’s 58. Nishioka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka scored 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. Nishioka broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Atlanta where he overcame Jordan Thompson in the final 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2.
Nishioka has an aggregate 24-19 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWLLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Andrey RublevRublev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
