Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on KINOSHITA GROUP ARENA. 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.78
Brandon Nakashima -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
This will be the 6th time that Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima play each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Tiafoe won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Atlanta back in 2022.
Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Brandon Nakashima – Atlanta 29-July-2022
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, the American will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 6-7(5) 7-5 10-5 to Zverev in the round robin on the 22nd of September.
Tiafoe has a composed 30-22 win-loss record in 2024, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Houston and Cincinnati.
Talking about his overall career, Tiafoe has an overall 371-255 record. He has a positive 178-120 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 36 (career-high), Brandon will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Hangzhou where he lost 6-4 7-6(6) to Cilic in the semifinal on the 23rd of September.
The American has an overall 59-26 win-loss record in 2024, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he defeated Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
In terms of his career, Brandon has an overall 224-134 record. He has a positive 107-67 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
LW
L Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- 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
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
