Matej Dodig and Naoki Nakagawa will square off in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT C. 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 Matej Dodig who should win in 3 sets.
Matej Dodig -> 1.63
Naoki Nakagawa -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Naoki Nakagawa
There is no head to head record between Matej Dodig and Naoki Nakagawa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Matej Dodig
45 - 24win/loss
270
264
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 45-24 | 14-4 | 30-20 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 270, the Croatian will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-2 3-0 ret. to Bolt in the 1st round on the 4th of November.
The Croatian has an overall 45-24 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Croatian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
Talking about his overall career, The Croatian has an overall 88-40 record. He has a positive 3-1 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Matej has never competed in this tournament before.
Naoki Nakagawa
23 - 13win/loss
375
334
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 23-13 | 11-10 | 1-1 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 43-23 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 31-27 | 16-16 | 10-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 34-15 | 32-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 14-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 375, the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(3)
to Kotzen in the qualifications on the 4th of November.Naoki has an aggregate 23-13 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Columbus Challenger where he beat James Kent Trotter in the final 7-6(8) 5-7 7-6(5).
In terms of his career, Naoki has an overall 322-203 record. He has a positive 19-11 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
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