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

Yoshihito Nishioka

25 - 22win/loss

Hard
16-14
I Hard
9-2
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. 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.

Kobe Challenger
Nishioka's Record

Jason Jung

Jason Jung

2 - 6win/loss

Hard
1-5
I Hard
1-1
Rank
856
High
114
LLWLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2021 12-25 5-12 1-4 2-6 4-3 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.

Kobe Challenger
Jung's Record

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

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