Yoshihito Nishioka and George Loffhagen will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on ANZ Arena. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.41
George Loffhagen -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. George Loffhagen
There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and George Loffhagen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 114, Nishioka got to the qualifications after defeating Nerman Fatic 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Fatic (6-1 6-2). During the match, Nishioka scored 53 points vs Fatic’s 35. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nishioka scored 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve once. Furthermore, Nishioka put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (18/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Fatic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Nishioka has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (242-190). 1-1 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishioka has a composed 153-109 record in the last years on hard.
Yoshihito has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
George Loffhagen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11-11 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 50-18 | 27-8 | 0-0 | 20-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-12 | 14-6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-15 | 20-6 | 4-2 | 9-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 211, Loffhagen reached the qualifications after defeating Justin Engel 7-6(4) 7-6(2).
In the qualifications, Loffhagen had a good straight sets win against Engel (7-64 7-62). During the match Loffhagen scored 94 points vs Engel’s 83. George was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Loffhagen made 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. George Loffhagen was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (44/51) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
The Brit has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishioka | Loffhagen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 |
| Pts | 53-35 | 94-83 |
| Total Points | 88 | 177 |
| Winners | 18 | 44 |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% |
Both Nishioka and Loffhagen played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishioka and Loffhagen have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nishioka played 11 games less than Loffhagen. The Japanese scored 18 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Loffhagen fired 44 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishioka | Loffhagen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 13 |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 51/85 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 18/29 | 44/51 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 56% |
Nishioka struck 3 aces . Loffhagen blasted 13 aces . Nishioka won 62% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Loffhagen won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishioka | Loffhagen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 0 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 0/9 |
| % Converted | 56% | 0% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Nishioka broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. On the other side, The Brit hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Loffhagen was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Nishioka | |||
| Q1 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 53-35 | 53-35 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Loffhagen | |||
| Q1 Engel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 94-83 | 94-83 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/85 | 51/85 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 44/51 | 44/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/9 | 0/9 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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