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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
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

Brandon Nakashima

17 - 16win/loss

Hard
10-7
I Hard
0-1
Clay
6-8
Grass
1-0
Rank
34
High
29
LWWLWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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

Stuttgart
Nakashima's Record

Learner Tien

Learner Tien

15 - 13win/loss

Hard
11-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-7
Grass
1-0
Rank
62
High
62
LWWLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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)

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Previously in Stuttgart

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Stuttgart
Tien's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Nakashima
L.Tien
1h:53
1h:53
Time on court​
1h:45
1h:45
1h:53
1h:53
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
26
26
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
91
91
Total points​
76
76
91
91
Avg point​
76
76
50
50
Winners
41
41
50
50
Avg Winners​
41
41
55%
55%
Ratio winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
9
9
!
12
12
Avg Aces
9
9
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
50/65
50/65
1st won total​
41/48
41/48
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
8/20
8/20
2nd won total​
12/32
12/32
40%
40%
2nd won %
!
38%
38%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
1/2
1/2
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
1/2
1/2
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
3
3
Conceded
2
2
3
3
Avg Conceded
2
2
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nakashima Tien
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
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
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
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
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

Tennis Scores in Stuttgart

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