Holger Rune and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm 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 Holger Rune who should win in 3 sets.
Holger Rune -> 1.46
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 3rd time that Holger Rune and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Rune and Nishioka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Rune won 6-2 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.
Highlights Holger Rune vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Australian Open 16-January-2024
Holger Rune
34 - 19win/loss
13
4
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-23 | 21-11 | 11-6 | 10-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 10-10 | 16-4 | 11-8 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-27 | 8-9 | 21-11 | 21-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 73-29 | 11-5 | 41-17 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 32-16 | 1-3 | 28-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Rune reached the 2nd round after defeating Alejandro Tabilo 6-2 5-7 6-4.
In the 1st round, Holger defeated Tabilo (6-2 5-7 6-4). During the match, Rune scored 98 points vs Tabilo’s 90. Holger was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rune scored 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Holger Rune lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rune put 65% of his first serves in, winning 78% (47/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Dane broke Tabilo 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Rune has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (240-125). 17-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rune has an overall47-39 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Rune’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Brisbane.
Holger has an overall 34-19 win-loss record in 2024, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.
Yoshihito Nishioka
28 - 22win/loss
72
24
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-24 | 16-15 | 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 |
| 2020 | 16-13 | 10-6 | 2-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 59, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Auger-Aliassime (7-65 3-6 7-65).During the match Nishioka scored less points (2) than Auger-Aliassime. In fact, the world no. 14 won 117 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s. That means that Nishioka was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (57/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the 2nd serve. Nishioka broke Auger-Aliassime once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Atlanta where he beat Jordan Thompson in the final 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2.
The Japanese has a composed 28-22 win-loss record in 2024, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rune | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 35 |
| Pts | 98-90 | 117-119 |
| Total Points | 188 | 236 |
| Winners | 47 | 57 |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% |
Both Rune and Nishioka played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Holger Rune conceded 1 set, while Yoshihito Nishioka lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rune and Nishioka have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Rune played 5 games less than Nishioka. The Dane scored 47 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito struck 57 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rune | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 1 |
| 1st in | 60/92 | 81/126 |
| %1st in | 65% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 57/81 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 23/45 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 51% |
Rune scored 10 aces . Nishioka fired 1 ace . Rune won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rune | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/5 |
| % Converted | 44% | 20% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Rune broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Holger dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rune | |||
| R1 Tabilo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 98-90 | 98-90 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/92 | 60/92 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 47/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Nishioka | |||
| R1 Auger-Aliassime | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 117-119 | 117-119 | |
| Total points | 236 | 236 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 81/126 | 81/126 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 57/81 | 57/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur FilsFils – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-75 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ben SheltonShelton – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction