Brandon Nakashima and Learner Tien will play each other in the 2nd round of the Boss Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.49
Learner Tien -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Learner Tien
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Learner Tien since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
17 - 16win/loss
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Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 20-18 | 10-7 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Brandon got to the 2nd round after beating Jacob Fearnley 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the 1st round against Fearnley, Nakashima recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-1). During the match, Nakashima scored 91 points vs Fearnley’s 80. Nakashima was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nakashima blasted 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 76% of his first serves in, winning 77% (50/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Nakashima broke Fearnley 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Nakashima has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (243-156). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has a compiled 25-16 match record in the last years on grass.
Brandon’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Acapulco and Houston.
Nakashima has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Learner Tien
15 - 13win/loss
62
62
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 17-16 | 11-6 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
2024 | 63-14 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, Learner reached the 2nd round after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-7(3) 7-6(3) ret..
In the 1st round against Nishioka, Learner had a free pass after Nishioka retired on a 6-73 7-63 . scoreline.
The American has an aggregate 15-13 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Stuttgart
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Nakashima | Tien |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 30 | 26 |
Pts | 91-80 | 76-81 |
Total Points | 171 | 157 |
Winners | 50 | 41 |
%Winners | 55% | 54% |
Both Nakashima and Tien played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima surrendered 1 set, while Learner Tien dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Tien have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Nakashima played 4 games more than Tien. Brandon scored 50 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Tien recorded 41 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Nakashima | Tien |
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Aces | 12 | 9 |
Avg per match | 12 | 9 |
1st in | 65/85 | 48/80 |
%1st in | 76% | 60% |
1st pts | 50/65 | 41/48 |
%1st pts | 77% | 85% |
2nd pts | 8/20 | 12/32 |
%2nd pts | 40% | 38% |
Nakashima scored 12 aces . Tien recorded 9 aces . Nakashima won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Nakashima | Tien |
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Won | 4 | 1 |
Converted | 4/8 | 1/2 |
% Converted | 50% | 50% |
Conceded | 3 | 2 |
Saved | 1 | 1 |
% Saved | 33% | 50% |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Tien broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Tien conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Nakashima | |||
R1 Fearnley | Total | ||
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Score | 4-6 7-64 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
pts | 91-80 | 91-80 | |
Total points | 171 | 171 | |
Winners | 50 | 50 | |
%Winners | 55% | 55% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 12 | 12 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 65/85 | 65/85 | |
% 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
1st pts | 50/65 | 50/65 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Tien | |||
R1 Nishioka | Total | ||
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Score | 6-73 7-63 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
pts | 76-81 | 76-81 | |
Total points | 157 | 157 | |
Winners | 41 | 41 | |
%Winners | 54% | 54% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 48/80 | 48/80 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 41/48 | 41/48 | |
% 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
2nd pts | 12/32 | 12/32 | |
% 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 1 | 1 | |
Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
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- Ben SheltonShelton – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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