Brandon Nakashima and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.25
Yosuke Watanuki -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Yosuke Watanuki

There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Brandon Nakashima

Brandon Nakashima

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Rank
34
High
29
LWWLWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-18 10-7 6-8 0-1 4-2 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. 35 (career-high), the American will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Humbert in the 2nd round on the 27th of September.

Nakashima has a compiled 60-27 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, Brandon has an overall 225-135 record. He has a positive 108-68 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Nakashima's Record

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki

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Rank
177
High
72
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-14 13-9 0-0 1-1 5-4 0-0
2024 11-11 9-8 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 43-23 29-12 7-5 1-2 6-4 0-0
2022 40-22 19-11 6-4 15-7 0-0 0-0
2021 18-17 8-9 2-3 6-4 2-1 0-0

Ranked no. 336, Watanuki got to the 2nd round after defeating Otto Virtanen 6-7(4) 6-2 6-0, Seongchan Hong 6-2 7-5 and Pavel Kotov 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5.

In the 1st round against Kotov, Watanuki recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 7-5). During the match Watanuki scored 133 points vs Kotov’s 125. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.

About the serving games, Watanuki scored 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (51/70) of his 1st serve and 59% (30/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Kotov 3 times after converting 18% of his break points (3/17).

Yousuke has an overall 5-7 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Watanuki's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

  • Jakub MensikMensikPedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
  • David GoffinGoffinJames DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
  • Yosuke WatanukiWatanukiPavel KotovKotov (6-76 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettiniChristopher O ConnellO Connell (7-69 7-66) – See score progression
  • Yi ZhouZhouYoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
  • Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoorFacundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
  • Stan WawrinkaWawrinkaGiovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-62 7-66) – See score progression
  • Terence AtmaneAtmaneAleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
  • Marcos GironGironLi TuTu (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
  • Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenkoRamkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
  • Mattia BellucciBellucciBilly HarrisHarris (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Roman SafiullinSafiullinBeibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-60 6-4) – See score progression
  • Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar ClarHugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
  • Zizou BergsBergsZhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovicRinky HijikataHijikata (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
  • Gael MonfilsMonfilsDamir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Alexandre MullerMullerLuca NardiNardi (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
  • Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De ZandschulpPablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
  • Taro DanielDanielEgor GerasimovGerasimov (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich FokinaGabriel DialloDiallo (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
  • Aleksandar VukicVukicCorentin MoutetMoutet (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes BaenaRoberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
  • Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth WildDaniel EvansEvans (6-2 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
  • Arthur CazauxCazauxMarin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
  • Fabio FogniniFogniniLuciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
  • Zachary SvajdaSvajdaAdrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
  • Yibing WuWuSumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
  • Juncheng ShangShangChak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
  • Arthur RinderknechRinderknechReilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
  • Denis ShapovalovShapovalovLorenzo SonegoSonego (7-65 7-68) – See score progression
  • Kei NishikoriNishikoriMariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression

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