Marcos Giron and Sebastian Korda will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.62
Marcos Giron -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Sebastian Korda
This will be the 4th time that Marcos Giron and Sebastian Korda fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Korda (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Korda won 6-3 6-7(0) 6-4 in the 1st round in Antwerp back in 2022.
Marcos Giron
20 - 22win/loss
64
37
LWWLLLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-28 | 12-14 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-27 | 6-11 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 48, Giron will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-3 2-6 7-6(3) to Nakashima in the quarter on the 21st of September.
Marcos has a composed 20-22 win-loss record in 2025, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Marcos has an overall 395-297 record. He has a positive 259-177 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
Sebastian Korda
15 - 12win/loss
48
15
LWWWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-18 | 12-8 | 5-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, the American will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Hangzhou where he lost 4-6 6-1 6-4 to Wu in the 2nd round on the 20th of September.
The American has an aggregate 15-12 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sebastian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Adelaide.
In terms of his career, Sebastian has an overall 257-168 record. He has a positive 109-71 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Korda has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- 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
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
