Yoshihito Nishioka and Jason Jung will play each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.063
Jason Jung -> 6.8
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Jason Jung
This will be the 5th time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Jason Jung fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Nishioka won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Taipei Challenger back in November 2025.
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 112, Nishioka will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he won the title in the Taipei Challenger after beating 7-5 7-6(5) Duckworth in the final.
The Japanese has a composed 25-22 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Suzhou Challenger where he defeated Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Taipei Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 7-5 7-6(5).
Nishioka won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Yoshihito has an overall 448-294 record. He has a positive 68-36 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015 and 2018. See his history.
Jason Jung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3-5 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-25 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 13-14 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 856, Jason will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Taipei Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Nishioka in the 2nd round on the 6th of November.
The Chinese has an aggregate 2-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Jason has an overall 410-320 record. He has a positive 45-39 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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WWW Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hyeon ChungChung – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(5) 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason JungJung – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max BasingBasing – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
