Casper Ruud and Yoshihito Nishioka will face off in the quarter of the Dallas Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
Casper Ruud -> 1.42
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.86
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 4th time that Casper Ruud and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ruud won 7-5 6-0 in the 2nd round in Shanghai back in 2023.
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-16 | 12-8 | 14-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, the Norwegian reached the quarter after defeating James Duckworth 7-5 4-6 6-2 and Michael Mmoh 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Mmoh (6-1 6-4). During the match, Ruud scored 56 points vs Mmoh’s 36. Casper was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ruud made 7 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Casper Ruud lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ruud put 76% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the 2nd serve. Ruud broke Mmoh 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ruud has lost 1 set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.
Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (398-212). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has an aggregate 54-34 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Norwegian has a compiled 7-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dallas
Casper has never competed in this tournament before.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 16-14 | 0-2 | 10-2 | 0-4 | 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. 67, the Japanese reached the quarter after defeating Brandon Nakashima 6-4 7-6(6) and Frances Tiafoe 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Tiafoe, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Nishioka scored 90 points vs Tiafoe’s 85. Yoshihito was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishioka fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (45/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Yoshihito broke Tiafoe 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yoshihito has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Japanese has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dallas
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 51 |
| Pts | 56-36 | 160-149 |
| Total Points | 92 | 309 |
| Winners | 26 | 76 |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% |
Both Ruud and Nishioka played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Casper Ruud surrendered 1 set, while Yoshihito Nishioka lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ruud and Nishioka have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Ruud played 4 games less than Nishioka. Ruud scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito bagged 76 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 37/49 | 102/157 |
| %1st in | 76% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 76/102 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 35/55 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 64% |
Ruud struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Nishioka recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Ruud won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Norwegian broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ruud lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yoshihito broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Yoshihito conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | ||||
| R1 Duckworth | R2 Mmoh | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 17 | 47 | |
| pts | – | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 0 | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | / | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | / | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nishioka | ||||
| R1 Nakashima | R2 Tiafoe | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 28 | 51 | |
| pts | 70-64 | 90-85 | 160-149 | |
| Total points | 134 | 175 | 309 | |
| Winners | 31 | 45 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 64/92 | 102/157 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 45/64 | 76/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 16/28 | 35/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 57% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 3/5 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 60% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Dallas
- Ariel Behar/Robert GallowayBehar/Robert Galloway – Rinky Hijikata/Alex MichelsenHijikata/Alex Michelsen (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers – Sander Arends/Luke JohnsonArends/Luke Johnson (4-6 7-69 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Casper RuudRuud (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction