Brandon Nakashima and Jordan Thompson will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.533
Jordan Thompson -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Jordan Thompson

This will be the 7^th time that Brandon Nakashima and Jordan Thompson clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Nakashima won 6-3 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in at the Wimbledon back in 2024.

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 29 (career-high), Nakashima will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 3-6 6-1 6-4 to Medvedev in the 4^th round on the 29^th of April.

Brandon has an aggregate 14-12 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Nakashima’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Acapulco and Houston.

Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 240-152 record. He has a positive 33-31 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Jordan Thompson

Ranked no. 41, Thompson got to the 2^nd round after beating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 3-6 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round against Mpetshi Perricard, Jordan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Thompson scored 89 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 83. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Thompson struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jordan Thompson was very efficient on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Thompson broke Mpetshi Perricard twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Thompson has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

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

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Matteo GiganteGigante – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6⁴ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo GastonGaston (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Laslo DjereDjere – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (3-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-6³ 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-0 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo GastonGaston (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6(4) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Casper RuudRuud (1-6) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction