Christopher Eubanks and Naoki Nakagawa will play each other in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher Eubanks who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Christopher Eubanks is the pick to win this match.
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.143
Naoki Nakagawa -> 5.1

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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Naoki Nakagawa

This will be the 2^nd time that Christopher Eubanks and Naoki Nakagawa clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Eubanks (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Eubanks won 6-0 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Busan Challenger back in 2022.

Christopher Eubanks

Ranked no. 116, Christopher got to the quarter after beating Cooper Williams 7-5 6-3 and Andres Andrade 6-3 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Andrade (6-3 7-5). During the match, Eubanks scored 69 points vs Andrade’s 53. The American was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Eubanks bagged 6 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Christopher Eubanks lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Eubanks put 56% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Eubanks broke Andrade 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Eubanks has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (226-178). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Eubanks has an overall45-30 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Christopher’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Newport.

Christopher has a compiled 16-23 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Eubanks has never competed in this tournament before.

Naoki Nakagawa

Ranked no. 429, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Jack Pinnington Jones 7-6(1) 6-4 and Alexander Bernard 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Nakagawa had a good straight sets win against Bernard (6-2 6-3). During the match Nakagawa scored 65 points vs Bernard’s 50. Naoki was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Nakagawa fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Naoki Nakagawa lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nakagawa put 53% of his first serves in, winning 83% (24/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Nakagawa broke Bernard 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nakagawa hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

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

Naoki has an aggregate 16-10 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Eubanks	Nakagawa
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	42	40
Pts	138-100	138-120
Total Points	238	258
Winners	57	48
%Winners	41%	35%

Both Eubanks and Nakagawa played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Eubanks and Nakagawa have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Eubanks played 2 games more than Nakagawa. Eubanks scored 57 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Nakagawa made 48 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Eubanks	Nakagawa
Aces	23	14
Avg per match	11.5	7
1st in	70/119	65/129
%1st in	59%	50%
1st pts	57/70	48/65
%1st pts	81%	74%
2nd pts	26/49	30/64
%2nd pts	53%	47%

Eubanks struck 23 aces (11.5 per match). Nakagawa fired 14 aces (7 per match). Eubanks won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Nakagawa won 74% of the points on 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	Eubanks	Nakagawa
Won	8	9
Converted	8/13	9/14
% Converted	62%	64%
Conceded	7	12
Saved	4	8
% Saved	57%	67%
Times Broken	3	4

Eubanks broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Eubanks lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Naoki broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Naoki conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Eubanks
	R1 Williams	R2 Andrade	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	21	42
pts	69-47	69-53	138-100
Total points	116	122	238
Winners	28	29	57
%Winners	41%	42%	41%
SERVE
Aces	17	6	23
Double Faults	2	10	12
1st in	35/57	35/62	70/119
% 1st in	61%	56%	59%
1st pts	28/35	29/35	57/70
% 1st pts	80%	83%	81%
2nd pts	14/22	12/27	26/49
% 2nd pts	64%	44%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/4	5/9	8/13
Converted %	75%	56%	62%
Conceded	1	6	7
Saved	0/1	4/6	4
Saved %	0%	67%	34%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Nakagawa
	R1 Pinnington	R2 Bernard	Total
Score	7-61 6-4	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	23	17	40
pts	73-70	65-50	138-120
Total points	143	115	258
Winners	24	24	48
%Winners	33%	37%	35%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	14
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	36/74	29/55	65/129
% 1st in	49%	53%	50%
1st pts	24/36	24/29	48/65
% 1st pts	67%	83%	74%
2nd pts	19/38	11/26	30/64
% 2nd pts	50%	42%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/5	5/9	9/14
Converted %	80%	56%	64%
Conceded	8	4	12
Saved	5/8	3/4	8
Saved %	63%	75%	69%
Times Broken	3	1	4

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