Alexander Zverev and Brandon Nakashima will face off in the 3^rd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.28
Brandon Nakashima -> 3.68

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Brandon Nakashima

This will be the 5^th time that Alexander Zverev and Brandon Nakashima play each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Stuttgart back in June 2025.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Brandon Nakashima – Stuttgart 13-June-2025

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, Alexander reached the 3^rd round after beating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Basavareddy (6-3 6-3). During the match, Zverev scored 57 points vs Basavareddy’s 44. The German was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev recorded 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Zverev conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 82% of his first serves in, win 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. Alexander was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Basavareddy 3 times.

Zverev has a superlative match record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (485-189). 16-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has an aggregate 195-80 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Munich where he beat Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

Zverev has an aggregate 40-15 win-loss record in 2025, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 31, Brandon reached the 3^rd round after beating Alexander Blockx 4-6 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 2^nd round against Blockx, Brandon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Nakashima scored 107 points vs Blockx’s 100. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Nakashima fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve 4 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (50/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Blockx 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Acapulco and Houston.

Brandon has a compiled 26-21 win-loss record in 2025, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Nakashima
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	32
Pts	57-44	107-100
Total Points	101	207
Winners	32	50
%Winners	56%	47%

Both Zverev and Nakashima played 1 match. At the moment, Brandon Nakashima surrendered 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set(s) less than Nakashima (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zverev played 14 games less than Nakashima. Zverev scored 32 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Nakashima recorded 50 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Nakashima
Aces	12	6
Avg per match	12	6
1st in	41/50	73/107
%1st in	82%	68%
1st pts	32/41	50/73
%1st pts	78%	68%
2nd pts	4/9	20/34
%2nd pts	44%	59%

Zverev blasted 12 aces . Nakashima scored 6 aces . Zverev won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Nakashima
Won	3	4
Converted	3/3	4/16
% Converted	100%	25%
Conceded	0	15
Saved	0	11
% Saved	0%	73%
Times Broken	0	4

Zverev broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Zverev pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Brandon broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R2 Basavareddy	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	57-44	57-44
Total points	101	101
Winners	32	32
%Winners	56%	56%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	41/50	41/50
% 1st in	82%	82%
1st pts	32/41	32/41
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	4/9	4/9
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Nakashima
	R2 Blockx	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	107-100	107-100
Total points	207	207
Winners	50	50
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	73/107	73/107
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	50/73	50/73
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	20/34	20/34
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/16	4/16
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	15	15
Saved	11/15	11
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-7⁴ 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁵ 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca NardiNardi – Jakub MensikMensik (6-2 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrey RublevRublev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-7⁵ 7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Tommy PaulPaul (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor FritzFritz – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6⁴ 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger RuneRune – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Terence AtmaneAtmane (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – H2H and prediction