Yoshihito Nishioka and Yi Zhou will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Suzhou Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.5
Yi Zhou -> 2.46

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Yi Zhou

This will be the 3rd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Yi Zhou face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zhou (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zhou won 2-6 7-6(5) 2-0 ret. in the 1st round in the Shanghai Challenger back in September 2025.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka

14 - 21win/loss

Hard
10-13
I Hard
4-2
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. 152, Nishioka will start his run in the Suzhou Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-4 5-7 6-1 to Munar Clar in the 3rd round on the 5th of October.

The Japanese has an overall 14-21 win-loss record in 2025, 10-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Yoshihito has an overall 437-293 record. He has a positive 248-162 record on hard.

Previously in the Suzhou Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Suzhou Challenger
Nishioka's Record

Yi Zhou

Yi Zhou

22 - 25win/loss

Hard
22-25
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. 270 (career-high), Yi will start his run in the Suzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3

to Jacquet in the final on the 19th of October.

The Chinese has a composed 22-25 win-loss record in 2025, 22-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Chinese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Tyler Challenger and the Shenzhen Challenger.

In terms of his career, Yi has an overall 62-68 record. He has a flat 61-61 record on hard.

Suzhou Challenger
Zhou's Record

Tennis Scores in Suzhou Challenger

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