Yoshihito Nishioka and Duje Ajdukovic will face off in the semifinal of the Suzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.28
Duje Ajdukovic -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Duje Ajdukovic

There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 152, Nishioka got to the semifinal after beating Yi Zhou 7-5 7-6(1), Renta Tokuda 6-2 6-2 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-6(8) 6-3.

In the quarter, Yoshihito had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (7-6⁸ 6-3). During the match, Nishioka scored 70 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 59. Yoshihito was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nishioka struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nishioka broke Ferreira Silva 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Nishioka has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (284-215). 13-13 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nishioka has a composed 181-123 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Yoshihito has an aggregate 17-21 win-loss record in 2025, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Suzhou Challenger

Yoshihito has never competed in this tournament before.

Duje Ajdukovic

Ranked no. 372, Ajdukovic reached the semifinal after beating Henrique Rocha 6-7(1) 7-6(6) 6-4, Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 7-5 and Lloyd Harris 3-6 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter against Lloyd, Duje recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Ajdukovic scored 86 points vs Lloyd’s 83. The Croatian was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Ajdukovic blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Duje Ajdukovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Croatian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lloyd 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Duje has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Duje’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Como Challenger.

The Croatian has a compiled 21-25 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nishioka	Ajdukovic
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	63	86
Pts	222-179	256-247
Total Points	401	503
Winners	86	111
%Winners	39%	43%

Both Nishioka and Ajdukovic played 3 matches. At the moment, Duje Ajdukovic dropped 2 sets while Yoshihito Nishioka hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nishioka has played 2 set(s) less than Ajdukovic (6 vs 8). Therefore, Nishioka played 23 games less than Ajdukovic. The Japanese scored 86 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian recorded 111 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nishioka	Ajdukovic
Aces	14	19
Avg per match	4.7	6.3
1st in	121/207	155/274
%1st in	58%	57%
1st pts	86/121	111/155
%1st pts	71%	72%
2nd pts	53/86	62/119
%2nd pts	62%	52%

Nishioka fired 14 aces (4.7 per match). Ajdukovic blasted 19 aces (6.3 per match). Nishioka won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nishioka	Ajdukovic
Won	10	12
Converted	10/25	12/16
% Converted	40%	75%
Conceded	12	24
Saved	8	16
% Saved	67%	67%
Times Broken	4	8

Nishioka broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Duje broke his opponents 12 times with a 75% conversion rate. Duje conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Nishioka
	R1 Zhou	R2 Tokuda	1/4 Ferreira Silva	Total
Score	7-5 7-61	6-2 6-2	7-68 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	25	16	22	63
pts	85-72	67-48	70-59	222-179
Total points	157	115	129	401
Winners	30	24	32	86
%Winners	35%	36%	46%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	6	14
Double Faults	3	0	2	5
1st in	46/78	34/60	41/69	121/207
% 1st in	59%	57%	59%	58%
1st pts	30/46	24/34	32/41	86/121
% 1st pts	65%	71%	78%	71%
2nd pts	21/32	15/26	17/28	53/86
% 2nd pts	66%	58%	61%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/10	4/11	3/4	10/25
Converted %	30%	36%	75%	40%
Conceded	4	6	2	12
Saved	2/4	6/6	0/2	8
Saved %	50%	100%	0%	50%
Times Broken	2	0	2	4

Ajdukovic
	R1 Rocha	R2 Takahashi	1/4 Lloyd	Total
Score	6-71 7-66 6-4	6-3 7-5	3-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	36	21	29	86
pts	107-105	63-59	86-83	256-247
Total points	212	122	169	503
Winners	45	28	38	111
%Winners	42%	44%	44%	43%
SERVE
Aces	8	6	5	19
Double Faults	8	4	2	14
1st in	62/109	40/71	53/94	155/274
% 1st in	57%	56%	56%	57%
1st pts	45/62	28/40	38/53	111/155
% 1st pts	73%	70%	72%	72%
2nd pts	23/47	18/31	21/41	62/119
% 2nd pts	49%	58%	51%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	12
Converted	5/8	4/5	3/3	12/16
Converted %	63%	80%	100%	75%
Conceded	11	7	6	24
Saved	7/11	6/7	3/6	16
Saved %	64%	86%	50%	67%
Times Broken	4	1	3	8

Tennis Scores in Suzhou Challenger

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