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.
As 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
59 - 25win/loss
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LLLWLLLWLW | 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.
Marin Cilic
| 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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
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- Marin CilicCilic – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 6-74 7-65) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
