Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima will play each other in the quarter of the Truist Atlanta Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM 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 Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.8
Frances Tiafoe -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Brandon Nakashima
This will be the 5th time that Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tiafoe won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami back in March 2022.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-8 | 6-6 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Francis got to the quarter after beating Taro Daniel 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Tiafoe had a good straight sets win against Daniel (7-5 6-4). During the match, Tiafoe scored 81 points vs Daniel’s 61. Francis was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tiafoe fired 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 87% (34/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Francis broke Daniel 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Tiafoe has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (282-201). 5-5 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has a composed123-93 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Estoril.
The American has a composed 16-14 win-loss record in 2022, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-10 | 11-4 | 6-2 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-14 | 19-6 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 56, the American reached the quarter after defeating Jordan Thompson 7-65 3-6 6-3 and John Millman 7-68 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Millman (7-68 6-4). During the match Nakashima scored 80 points vs Millman’s 73. Nakashima was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakashima struck 10 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 77% of his first serves in, winning 76% (44/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Nakashima broke Millman once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Nakashima has a composed 23-17 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 54 |
| Pts | 81-61 | 171-158 |
| Total Points | 142 | 329 |
| Winners | 34 | 93 |
| %Winners | 42% | 54% |
Tiafoe played 1 match while Nakashima competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Brandon Nakashima dropped 1 set while Frances Tiafoe hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tiafoe has played 3 set(s) less than Nakashima (2 vs 5). Therefore, Tiafoe played 32 games less than Nakashima. Francis scored 34 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Nakashima fired 93 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 120/157 |
| %1st in | 63% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 34/39 | 93/120 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 21/37 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 57% |
Tiafoe managed to score 12 aces . Nakashima bagged 19 aces (9.5 per match). Tiafoe won 87% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 20% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Francis conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponents twice with a 20% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R2 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 81-61 | 81-61 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/39 | 34/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nakashima | ||||
| R1 Thompson |
R2 Millman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-3 | 7-68 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 23 | 54 | |
| pts | 91-85 | 80-73 | 171-158 | |
| Total points | 176 | 153 | 329 | |
| Winners | 49 | 44 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 55% | 54% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/82 | 58/75 | 120/157 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 77% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 49/62 | 44/58 | 93/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 8/17 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 47% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Christopher Eubanks/Mackenzie McDonaldEubanks/Mackenzie McDonald – Santiago Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni (3-6 6-3 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick KyrgiosKokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios – Gonzalo Escobar/Hunter ReeseEscobar/Hunter Reese (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
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