Brandon Nakashima and Jordan Thompson will square off in the 1^st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on KINOSHITA GROUP SHOW COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.38
Jordan Thompson -> 3.04

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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), 3-0 on hard.

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

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 33, Brandon will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-4 7-6(0) to Tabilo

in the semifinal on the 22^nd of September.

Brandon has a compiled 29-24 win-loss record in 2025, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Nakashima’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Acapulco, Houston and Chengdu.

Talking about his overall career, Nakashima has an overall 255-164 record. He has a positive 125-81 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2024. See his history.

Jordan Thompson

Ranked no. 78, the Australian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Tabilo in the 1^st round on the 18^th of September.

Thompson has an overall 12-14 win-loss record in 2025, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 476-322 record. He has a positive 270-178 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Nuno BorgesBorges – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (2-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo Nys/Edouard Roger-VasselinNys/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Robert Cash/James TracyCash/James Tracy (7-6⁷ 4-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Sebastian BaezBaez (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H and prediction