H2H, prediction of Brandon Nakashima vs Marin Cilic in Hangzhou with odds, preview, pick | 23rd September 2024

PREVIEW. Hangzhou. Nakashima and Cilic will face off in the semifinal of the Hangzhou Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Monday the 23rd of September

Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Marin Cilic

Brandon Nakashima and Marin Cilic will play each other in the semifinal of the Hangzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.53
Marin Cilic -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Marin Cilic

There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Marin Cilic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Brandon Nakashima

Brandon Nakashima
Brandon Nakashima

59 - 25win/loss

Hard
23-9
I Hard
14-4
Clay
13-7
Grass
9-5
Rank
37
High
35
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 61-32 24-12 13-7 15-8 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. 39 (career-high), Nakashima got to the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-7(7) 7-6(4) 6-1 and Rinky Hijikata 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (7-5 6-3). During the match, Nakashima scored 67 points vs Hijikata’s 46. Brandon was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nakashima fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Brandon was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hijikata 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nakashima has lost 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Nakashima has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (224-133). 23-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has an aggregate107-66 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.

Nakashima has a composed 59-25 win-loss record in 2024, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

Brandon has never competed in this tournament before.

Nakashima
Hangzhou
Nakashima's Record

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
0-1
Clay
0-1
Rank
184
High
3
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 9-11 8-6 0-1 1-4 0-0 0-0
2023 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 32-21 16-10 9-5 4-5 3-1 0-0
2021 33-23 6-9 5-5 13-7 9-2 0-0
2020 14-12 7-5 2-2 5-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 777, the Croatian reached the semifinal after defeating Zachary Svajda 5-7 6-3 6-0, Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4 6-1 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(5).

In the quarter, The Croatian defeated Uchiyama (6-2 6-74 7-65). During the match Cilic scored 109 points vs Uchiyama’s 98. Cilic was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about serving, Cilic struck 19 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Marin Cilic was very efficient on serve to win 83% (49/59) of his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marin broke Uchiyama 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cilic has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Cilic has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cilic
Hangzhou
Cilic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Nakashima
M.Cilic
4h:09
4h:09
Time on court​
5h:53
5h:53
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
!
2h:45
2h:45
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
54
54
Games Played​
78
78
5
5
Set played​​
8
8
175
175
Total points​
249
249
87.5
87.5
Avg point​
83
83
82
82
Winners
110
110
41
41
Avg Winners​
36.7
36.7
47%
47%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
29
29
Aces
48
48
!
14.5
14.5
Avg Aces
!
16
16
2
2
Double Faults
14
14
1
1
Avg Double Faults
4.7
4.7
82/99
82/99
1st won total​
110/127
110/127
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
87%
87%
40/59
40/59
2nd won total​
45/98
45/98
!
68%
68%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
14/24
14/24
2.5/5
2.5/5
Avg BP won
4.7/8
4.7/8
50%
50%
Won
!
58%
58%
6
6
Conceded
15
15
3
3
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
6
6
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nakashima Cilic
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 5 8
Tot Games 54 78
Pts 175-133 249-204
Total Points 308 453
Winners 82 110
%Winners 47% 44%

Nakashima played 2 matches while Cilic competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima dropped 1 set, while Marin Cilic dropped 2 sets. Nakashima has played 3 set(s) less than Cilic (5 vs 8). Therefore, Nakashima played 24 games less than Cilic. The American scored 82 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Cilic scored 110 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nakashima Cilic
Aces 29 48
Avg per match 14.5 16
1st in 99/158 127/225
%1st in 63% 56%
1st pts 82/99 110/127
%1st pts 83% 87%
2nd pts 40/59 45/98
%2nd pts 68% 46%

Nakashima managed to score 29 aces (14.5 per match). Cilic made 48 aces (16 per match). Nakashima won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Cilic won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nakashima Cilic
Won 5 14
Converted 5/10 14/24
% Converted 50% 58%
Conceded 6 15
Saved 5 9
% Saved 83% 60%
Times Broken 1 6

Nakashima broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Cilic broke his opponents 14 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
R2
Lam Coleman Wong
1/4
Hijikata
Total
Score 6-77 7-64 6-1 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 33 21 54
pts 108-87 67-46 175-133
Total points 195 113 308
Winners 56 26 82
%Winners 52% 39% 47%
SERVE
Aces 21 8 29
Double Faults 0 2 2
1st in 67/101 32/57 99/158
% 1st in 66% 56% 63%
1st pts 56/67 26/32 82/99
% 1st pts 84% 81% 83%
2nd pts 23/34 17/25 40/59
% 2nd pts 68% 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 2 3 5
Converted 2/7 3/3 5/10
Converted % 29% 100% 50%
Conceded 4 2 6
Saved 4/4 1/2 5
Saved % 100% 50% 75%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Cilic
R1
Svajda
R2
Nishioka
1/4
Uchiyama
Total
Score 5-7 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-74 7-65
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 27 17 34 78
pts 85-70 55-36 109-98 249-204
Total points 155 91 207 453
Winners 35 26 49 110
%Winners 41% 47% 45% 44%
SERVE
Aces 14 15 19 48
Double Faults 7 2 5 14
1st in 40/78 28/45 59/102 127/225
% 1st in 51% 62% 58% 56%
1st pts 35/40 26/28 49/59 110/127
% 1st pts 88% 93% 83% 87%
2nd pts 12/38 8/17 25/43 45/98
% 2nd pts 32% 47% 58% 46%
Breaks
Won 7 4 3 14
Converted 7/12 4/6 3/6 14/24
Converted % 58% 67% 50% 58%
Conceded 5 1 9 15
Saved 1/5 0/1 8/9 9
Saved % 20% 0% 89% 55%
Times Broken 4 1 1 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nakashima
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Cilic
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2024 2023 2022
58 - 32
9 - 10
24-12
Hard
8-6
12-8
I Hard
1-3
13-7
Clay
0-1
9-5
Grass
0-0

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