Luciano Darderi and Yoshihito Nishioka will face off in the 1^st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COLOSSEUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luciano Darderi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.54
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Yoshihito Nishioka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 30 (career-high), Darderi 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 2^nd round on the 19^th of September.

Luciano has a composed 36-24 win-loss record in 2025, 4-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Marrakech where he beat Tallon Griekspoor in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4) and in Bastad where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3 and in Umag where he defeated Carlos Taberner in the final 6-3 6-3 and the Genova Challenger where he defeated Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-1 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Darderi has an overall 216-140 record. He has a flat 28-28 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

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

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 157, Nishioka will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in 4 where he lost 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4

to Struff in the Rubber 1 on the 12^th of September.

The Japanese has an aggregate 10-19 win-loss record in 2025, 6-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Nishioka has an overall 433-291 record. He has a positive 244-160 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd

round in 2019 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• 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
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (2-6 6-4 6-1) – 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