Yoshihito Nishioka and Marc-Andrea Huesler will square off in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 3 sets.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.49
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
There is no head to head record
between Yoshihito Nishioka and Marc-Andrea Huesler since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.Yoshihito Nishioka
26 - 22win/loss
111
24
| 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, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Jason Jung 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Jung, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4).During the match, Nishioka scored less points (2) than Jung. In fact, the world no. 112 won 78 points vs Jung’s. That means that Nishioka was more focused during the important points. Nishioka was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nishioka fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 66% of his first serves in, winning 61% (34/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Nishioka broke Jung 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Nishioka has winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (293-216). 10-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nishioka has a composed 63-30 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Suzhou Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Taipei Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 7-5 7-6(5).
Nishioka has an aggregate 26-22 win-loss record in 2025, 10-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Marc-Andrea Huesler
25 - 26win/loss
244
47
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 14-11 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-28 | 11-6 | 16-10 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 252, Huesler got to the 2nd round after beating Garrett Johns 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Marc-Andrea had a good straight sets win against Johns (6-3 7-5). During the match Huesler scored 77 points vs Johns’s 60. Marc-Andrea was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Huesler recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was very effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Swiss broke Johns 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Cuernavaca Challenger where he overcame Dmitry Popko in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Marc-Andrea has an aggregate 25-26 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 21 |
| Pts | 78-80 | 77-60 |
| Total Points | 158 | 137 |
| Winners | 34 | 28 |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% |
Both Nishioka and Huesler played 1 match. At the moment, Yoshihito Nishioka conceded 1 set while Marc-Andrea Huesler hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nishioka has played 1 set more than Huesler (3 vs 2). Therefore, Nishioka played 5 games more than Huesler. The Japanese scored 34 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Huesler fired 28 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 8 |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 39/63 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 34/56 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 18/24 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 75% |
Nishioka recorded 6 aces . Huesler recorded 8 aces . Nishioka won 61% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Huesler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 56% | 27% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 44% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Yoshihito broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Yoshihito conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Marc-Andrea broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishioka | |||
| R1 Jung | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 78-80 | 78-80 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 56/85 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/56 | 34/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Huesler | |||
| R1 Johns | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-60 | 77-60 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Hynek BartonBarton (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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