H2H, prediction of Carlos Alcaraz vs Yoshihito Nishioka at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 15th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

Carlos Alcaraz and Yoshihito Nishioka will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.027
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 12.5

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Alcaraz won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2022.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Paris 02-November-2022

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz

1 - 0win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
3
High
1
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 54-15 22-7 17-4 7-3 8-1 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 3, Carlos got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Shevchenko 6-1 7-5 6-1.

In the 1st round, Alcaraz had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-1 7-5 6-1). During the match, Alcaraz scored 102 points vs Shevchenko’s 68. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alcaraz fired 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Alcaraz lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alcaraz put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Shevchenko 8 times after converting 42% of his break points (8/19).

Alcaraz has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 79% of his matches (288-78). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alcaraz has an overall98-27 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Spaniard has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Alcaraz
Australian Open
Alcaraz's Record

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka
Yoshihito Nishioka

4 - 2win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
65
High
24
WLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-2 4-2 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. 65, Nishioka reached the 2nd round after beating Aziz Dougaz 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the 1st round against Dougaz, Yoshihito recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-63 6-3). During the match Nishioka scored 137 points vs Dougaz’s 115. Yoshihito was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Nishioka managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was very efficient on serve to win 71% (50/70) of his 1st serve and 66% (31/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Yoshihito broke Dougaz 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

The Japanese has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See his history.

Nishioka
Australian Open
Nishioka's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Alcaraz
Y.Nishioka
1h:54
1h:54
Time on court​
!
2h:59
2h:59
1h:54
1h:54
Last match​
!
2h:59
2h:59
1
1
Match played
1
1
26
26
Games Played​
41
41
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
102
102
Total points​
137
137
102
102
Avg point​
137
137
33
33
Winners
50
50
33
33
Avg Winners​
50
50
32%
32%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
3
3
6
6
Avg Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
33/48
33/48
1st won total​
50/70
50/70
69%
69%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
22/33
22/33
2nd won total​
31/47
31/47
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
66%
66%
-- Break Points --
8/19
8/19
BP won
5/11
5/11
8/19
8/19
Avg BP won
5/11
5/11
42%
42%
Won
45%
45%
4
4
Conceded
8
8
4
4
Avg Conceded
8
8
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alcaraz Nishioka
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 26 41
Pts 102-68 137-115
Total Points 170 252
Winners 33 50
%Winners 32% 36%

Both Alcaraz and Nishioka played 1 match. At the moment, Yoshihito Nishioka lost 1 set while Carlos Alcaraz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Alcaraz has played 1 set(s) less than Nishioka (3 vs 4). Therefore, Alcaraz played 15 games less than Nishioka. The Spaniard scored 33 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito made 50 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alcaraz Nishioka
Aces 6 3
Avg per match 6 3
1st in 48/81 70/117
%1st in 59% 60%
1st pts 33/48 50/70
%1st pts 69% 71%
2nd pts 22/33 31/47
%2nd pts 67% 66%

Alcaraz managed to score 6 aces . Nishioka struck 3 aces . Alcaraz won 69% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alcaraz Nishioka
Won 8 5
Converted 8/19 5/11
% Converted 42% 45%
Conceded 4 8
Saved 2 5
% Saved 50% 63%
Times Broken 2 3

Alcaraz broke his opponent 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Alcaraz lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nishioka broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Alcaraz
R1
Shevchenko
Total
Score 6-1 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 102-68 102-68
Total points 170 170
Winners 33 33
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 48/81 48/81
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 33/48 33/48
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 22/33 22/33
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/19 8/19
Converted % 42% 42%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2
Nishioka
R1
Dougaz
Total
Score 3-6 6-4 7-63 6-3
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 41 41
pts 137-115 137-115
Total points 252 252
Winners 50 50
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 70/117 70/117
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 50/70 50/70
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 31/47 31/47
% 2nd pts 66% 66%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Alcaraz
W
Nishioka
WLLWWW
2025 2024 2023
1 - 0
4 - 2
1-0
Hard
4-2

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