Yoshihito Nishioka and Akira Santillan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Taipei Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.26
Akira Santillan -> 3.4

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Akira Santillan

There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Akira Santillan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 134, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Shinji Hazawa 6-4 6-3 and Jason Jung 7-5 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Yoshihito had a good straight sets win against Jung (7-5 6-2). During the match, Nishioka scored 74 points vs Jung’s 51. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nishioka struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yoshihito broke Jung 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yoshihito hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Nishioka has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (289-216). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishioka has an aggregate 59-30 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Suzhou Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-4.

The Japanese has a compiled 22-22 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Nishioka has never competed in this tournament before.

Akira Santillan

Ranked no. 390, Akira got to the quarter after beating Kasidit Samrej 6-3 7-6(13) and Yu Hsiou Hsu 3-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Hsiou Hsu, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Santillan scored 99 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 90. Santillan was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Santillan made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Akira Santillan was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Santillan broke Hsiou Hsu 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Santillan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Maanshan,M25 Yinchuan and M25 Huzhou.

The Australian has a composed 57-19 win-loss record in 2025, 21-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nishioka	Santillan
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	39	52
Pts	145-110	188-165
Total Points	255	353
Winners	52	75
%Winners	36%	40%

Both Nishioka and Santillan played 2 matches. At the moment, Akira Santillan lost 1 set while Yoshihito Nishioka hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nishioka has played 1 set(s) less than Santillan (4 vs 5). Therefore, Nishioka played 13 games less than Santillan. Yoshihito scored 52 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Santillan fired 75 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nishioka	Santillan
Aces	7	13
Avg per match	3.5	6.5
1st in	71/123	108/155
%1st in	58%	70%
1st pts	52/71	75/108
%1st pts	73%	69%
2nd pts	31/52	28/47
%2nd pts	60%	60%

Nishioka made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Santillan blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Nishioka won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Santillan won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nishioka	Santillan
Won	8	7
Converted	8/14	7/21
% Converted	57%	33%
Conceded	9	8
Saved	6	3
% Saved	67%	38%
Times Broken	3	5

Yoshihito broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Nishioka lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.

Nishioka
	R1 Hazawa	R2 Jung	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	20	39
pts	71-59	74-51	145-110
Total points	130	125	255
Winners	31	21	52
%Winners	44%	28%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	45/73	26/50	71/123
% 1st in	62%	52%	58%
1st pts	31/45	21/26	52/71
% 1st pts	69%	81%	73%
2nd pts	16/28	15/24	31/52
% 2nd pts	57%	63%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	5	8
Converted	3/6	5/8	8/14
Converted %	50%	63%	57%
Conceded	7	2	9
Saved	6/7	0/2	6
Saved %	86%	0%	43%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Santillan
	R1 Samrej	R2 Hsiou	Total
Score	6-3 7-613	3-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	30	52
pts	89-75	99-90	188-165
Total points	164	189	353
Winners	38	37	75
%Winners	43%	37%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	13
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	56/80	52/75	108/155
% 1st in	70%	69%	70%
1st pts	38/56	37/52	75/108
% 1st pts	68%	71%	69%
2nd pts	16/24	12/23	28/47
% 2nd pts	67%	52%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/7	5/14	7/21
Converted %	29%	36%	33%
Conceded	3	5	8
Saved	2/3	1/5	3
Saved %	67%	20%	44%
Times Broken	1	4	5

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

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