Felix Auger-Aliassime and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COLOSSEUM. 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 Felix Auger-Aliassime who should win in 2 sets.
Felix Auger-Aliassime -> 1.42
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.86
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 8th time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Yoshihito Nishioka clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), but Nishioka has a winning record of 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Auger-Aliassime won 6-2 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in May 2024.
Felix Auger-Aliassime
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50-25 | 24-10 | 3-6 | 17-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-25 | 6-10 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-19 | 13-13 | 1-3 | 9-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 60-27 | 14-9 | 11-7 | 31-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 19-10 | 4-6 | 5-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21,he will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Davis Cup, Group D, Manchester where he overcame 7-6(8) 7-5 to Draper in the Rubber 2 on the 15th of September.
Auger-Aliassime has an aggregate 30-21 win-loss record in 2024, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Felix’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Madrid.
Talking about his overall career, Felix has an overall 337-199 record. He has a positive 107-81 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 16-14 | 0-2 | 10-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-24 | 17-15 | 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 |
Ranked no. 59, Yoshihito will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Hangzhou where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Cilic in the 2nd round on the 21st of September.
The Japanese has a compiled 27-22 win-loss record in 2024, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Atlanta where he beat Jordan Thompson in the final 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2.
In terms of his career, Yoshihito has an overall 421-270 record. He has a positive 236-147 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-9) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Jordan ThompsonThompson (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction