Yoshihito Nishioka and Li Tu will square off in the qualifications of the Brisbane International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 14. 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 Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.35
Li Tu -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Li Tu
There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Li Tu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 69, Yoshihito got to the qualifications after defeating Alex Bolt 6-2 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-2 7-64). During the match, Nishioka scored 82 points vs Bolt’s 66. Nishioka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nishioka scored 6 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nishioka broke Bolt twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Nishioka has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (313-222). 17-15 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishioka has a compiled 194-127 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Atlanta where he defeated Jordan Thompson in the final 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2.
Nishioka has an aggregate 29-24 win-loss record in 2024, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 37-21 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Lukas Klein 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Tu had a good straight sets win against Klein (6-4 6-4). During the match Tu scored 66 points vs Klein’s 59. Tu was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Tu recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Li Tu was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Li broke Klein twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Tu has an aggregate 43-28 win-loss record in 2024, 37-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 |
| Pts | 82-66 | 66-59 |
| Total Points | 148 | 125 |
| Winners | 29 | 30 |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% |
Both Nishioka and Tu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishioka and Tu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nishioka played 1 game more than Tu. Nishioka scored 29 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 42/71 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 30/42 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 17/29 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 59% |
Nishioka made 6 aces . Tu managed to score 6 aces . Nishioka won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/12 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 17% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 17% conversion rate. The Japanese very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Tu broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Tu was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Nishioka | |||
| Q1 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 82-66 | 82-66 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 36/59 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 2/12 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tu | |||
| Q1 Klein |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 66-59 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 42/71 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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