Yoshihito Nishioka and Dusan Lajovic will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on PIETRANGELI. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dusan Lajovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.24
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Dusan Lajovic

There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Dusan Lajovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 74, Nishioka will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 3-1 ret. to Gaston in the 1^st round on the 20^th of March.

The Japanese has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on clay.

Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 432-277 record. He has a positive 104-70 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 131, the Serbian reached the 1^st round after defeating Ethan Quinn 7-5 6-7(5) 6-3 and Cameron Norrie 6-1 4-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Lajovic defeated Norrie (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match Lajovic scored 91 points vs Norrie’s 74. Lajovic was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Lajovic recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Lajovic put 73% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Lajovic broke Norrie 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lajovic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Lajovic’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.

Lajovic has a composed 16-16 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2020. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jaime FariaFaria (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Hugo DellienDellien (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-5 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Vit Kopriva
  Kopriva – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Francisco ComesanaComesana (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GastonGaston – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction