Brandon Nakashima and Marton Fucsovics will square off in the 2^nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.77
Marton Fucsovics -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Marton Fucsovics

This will be the 2^nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Marton Fucsovics clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fucsovics (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Fucsovics won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in 2020.

Highlights Marton Fucsovics vs Brandon Nakashima – Cincinnati 20-August-2020

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 33, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Thompson, Brandon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁶ 7-6⁴ 6-2). During the match, Nakashima scored 123 points vs Thompson’s 112. Brandon was extremely aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nakashima struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (55/75) of his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nakashima broke Thompson 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Nakashima has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (256-164). 18-12 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has an overall 126-81 match record in the last years on hard.

Brandon’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Acapulco, Houston and Chengdu.

Nakashima has an overall 30-24 win-loss record in 2025, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Marton Fucsovics

Ranked no. 58, Fucsovics got to the 2^nd round after beating Filip Misolic 6-3 6-1, Matteo Arnaldi 7-5 6-2 and Frances Tiafoe 3-6 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Tiafoe, The Hungarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Fucsovics scored 102 points vs Tiafoe’s 83. The Hungarian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Fucsovics scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marton Fucsovics lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Fucsovics put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (24/34) on the 2nd serve. Fucsovics broke Tiafoe 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he beat Andrea Vavassori in the final 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 and in Salem where he overcame Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-3 7-6(3).

The Hungarian has an aggregate 40-19 win-loss record in 2025, 18-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Fucsovics has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakashima	Fucsovics
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	34	64
Pts	123-112	233-172
Total Points	235	405
Winners	55	83
%Winners	45%	36%

Nakashima played 1 match while Fucsovics competed in 3 matches. Fucsovics started his run from the qualifications while Nakashima had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima lost 1 set, while Marton Fucsovics surrendered 1 set. Nakashima has played 4 set(s) less than Fucsovics (3 vs 7). Therefore, Nakashima played 30 games less than Fucsovics. Nakashima scored 55 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Marton blasted 83 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakashima	Fucsovics
Aces	10	11
Avg per match	10	3.7
1st in	75/116	116/194
%1st in	65%	60%
1st pts	55/75	83/116
%1st pts	73%	72%
2nd pts	23/41	53/78
%2nd pts	56%	68%

Nakashima made 10 aces . Fucsovics bagged 11 aces (3.7 per match). Nakashima won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Fucsovics won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakashima	Fucsovics
Won	3	12
Converted	3/7	12/26
% Converted	43%	46%
Conceded	10	9
Saved	9	6
% Saved	90%	67%
Times Broken	1	3

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
	R1 Thompson	Total
Score	6-76 7-64 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	123-112	123-112
Total points	235	235
Winners	55	55
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	75/116	75/116
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	55/75	55/75
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	23/41	23/41
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	9/10	9
Saved %	90%	90%
Times Broken	1	1

Fucsovics
	Q1 Misolic	Q3 Arnaldi	R1 Tiafoe	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	7-5 6-2	3-6 6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	16	20	28	64
pts	54-31	77-58	102-83	233-172
Total points	85	135	185	405
Winners	25	25	33	83
%Winners	46%	32%	32%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	6	11
Double Faults	0	2	1	3
1st in	28/43	40/69	48/82	116/194
% 1st in	65%	58%	59%	60%
1st pts	25/28	25/40	33/48	83/116
% 1st pts	89%	63%	69%	72%
2nd pts	8/15	21/29	24/34	53/78
% 2nd pts	53%	72%	71%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/6	4/7	4/13	12/26
Converted %	67%	57%	31%	46%
Conceded	1	4	4	9
Saved	1/1	3/4	2/4	6
Saved %	100%	75%	50%	225%
Times Broken	0	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Casper RuudRuud – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6⁴ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor FritzFritz – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-5 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Casper RuudRuud – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction