Naoki Nakagawa and Alexander Bernard will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naoki Nakagawa who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Naoki Nakagawa is the pick to win this match.
Naoki Nakagawa -> 1.45
Alexander Bernard -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Naoki Nakagawa vs. Alexander Bernard

There is no head to head record between Naoki Nakagawa and Alexander Bernard since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Naoki Nakagawa

Ranked no. 429, Nakagawa reached the 2^nd round after beating Jack Pinnington Jones 7-6(1) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Pinnington Jones (7-6¹ 6-4). During the match, Nakagawa scored 73 points vs Pinnington Jones’s 70. Nakagawa was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nakagawa made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Naoki Nakagawa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nakagawa put 49% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Naoki broke Pinnington Jones 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Nakagawa has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (272-177). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakagawa has an aggregate 12-9 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Naoki’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Sapporo.

Naoki has a composed 15-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Alexander Bernard

Ranked no. 870, Bernard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Brandon Holt 6-3 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match Bernard scored 86 points vs Holt’s 80. Bernard was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Bernard blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Bernard lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bernard put 58% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Holt 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Bernard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Rochester.

Bernard has an aggregate 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakagawa	Bernard
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	22
Pts	73-70	86-80
Total Points	143	166
Winners	24	36
%Winners	33%	42%

Both Nakagawa and Bernard played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nakagawa and Bernard have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nakagawa played 1 game more than Bernard. The Japanese scored 24 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander recorded 36 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakagawa	Bernard
Aces	9	6
Avg per match	9	6
1st in	36/74	53/91
%1st in	49%	58%
1st pts	24/36	36/53
%1st pts	67%	68%
2nd pts	19/38	18/38
%2nd pts	50%	47%

Nakagawa recorded 9 aces . Bernard made 6 aces . Nakagawa won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bernard won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakagawa	Bernard
Won	4	3
Converted	4/5	3/11
% Converted	80%	27%
Conceded	8	7
Saved	5	5
% Saved	63%	71%
Times Broken	3	2

Nakagawa broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakagawa
	R1 Pinnington	Total
Score	7-61 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	73-70	73-70
Total points	143	143
Winners	24	24
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	36/74	36/74
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	24/36	24/36
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	19/38	19/38
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Bernard
	R1 Holt	Total
Score	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	86-80	86-80
Total points	166	166
Winners	36	36
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	53/91	53/91
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	36/53	36/53
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	18/38	18/38
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger

• Dominic StrickerStricker – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Jeff WolfWolf (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jack AnthropAnthrop – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6⁴ 6-0) – See score progression
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Cooper WilliamsWilliams (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Bryce NakashimaNakashima (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Micah BraswellBraswell (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander BernardBernard – Brandon HoltHolt (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Jules MarieMarie (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Aidan MayoMayo (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Denis KudlaKudla – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (0-0) – H2H and prediction