Yoshihito Nishioka and Yi Zhou will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.26
Yi Zhou -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Yi Zhou

This will be the 2nd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Yi Zhou clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhou (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zhou won 2-4 ret. in the 1st round in Shanghai back in 2024.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka

10 - 17win/loss

Hard
6-10
I Hard
4-1
Clay
0-2
Grass
0-4
Rank
111
High
24
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 16-14 0-2 10-2 0-4 0-0
2024 29-24 17-15 6-7 1-0 5-2 0-0
2023 23-22 14-15 5-5 4-1 0-1 0-0
2022 44-25 25-13 2-5 17-6 0-1 0-0
2021 19-26 5-11 8-7 5-5 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 149, Yoshihito will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-3 7-6(6) 6-3 to Tiafoe in the 1st round on the 25th of August.

Yoshihito has a compiled 10-17 win-loss record in 2025, 6-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Yoshihito has an overall 433-289 record. He has a positive 244-159 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2014. See his history.

Shanghai Challenger
Nishioka's Record

Yi Zhou

Yi Zhou

14 - 19win/loss

Hard
14-19
I Hard
0-0
Rank
251
High
251
LWWWLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-27 25-27 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 29-25 29-23 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 10-17 9-12 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 325, Yi will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Chicago Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 7-6(5)

to Zheng in the 2nd round on the 7th of August.

Zhou has a composed 14-19 win-loss record in 2025, 14-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Zhou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Tyler Challenger.

In terms of his career, Yi has an overall 54-62 record. He has a negative 53-55 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

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

Shanghai Challenger
Zhou's Record

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