Prediction Of Auger-Aliassime Vs Nishioka H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships 2024?

What Time Will Felix Auger-Aliassime Play Against Yoshihito Nishioka?

Auger-Aliassime and Nishioka are on the Day 2 Schedule at Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships 2024 on Thursday 26 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Felix Auger-Aliassime, a Canadian player, has faced Yoshihito Nishioka from Japan in six matches. Auger-Aliassime leads their head-to-head record with 4 wins compared to Nishioka’s 2 wins.

Their match history includes the following encounters:
– At the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells tournament on hard court, Nishioka won with a score of 6-7(2), 6-4, 7-6(5).
– At the 2020 Roland Garros tournament on clay, Nishioka won with a score of 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.
– At the 2020 Cologne-2 tournament on hard court in the quarterfinals, Auger-Aliassime won with a score of 6-3, 6-4.
– At the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Montreal tournament on hard court, Auger-Aliassime won with a score of 7-6(6), 6-4.
– At the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid tournament on clay, Auger-Aliassime won with a score of 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
– At the 2024 Roland Garros tournament on clay, Auger-Aliassime won with a score of 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
– Additionally, they played against each other at the 2015 Granby CH tournament in Canada on hard court, where Nishioka won with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Felix Auger-Aliassime is currently 24 years old and is ranked 21st in the world. He reached his career-high ranking of No. 6 and achieved a personal-best of 60 wins during the breakout 2022 season. He had a 16-match win streak, winning titles at Florence, Antwerp, and Basel all in consecutive weeks. In 2022, he won the Rotterdam title, reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open for the third time, and won team titles at the ATP Cup, Laver Cup, and Davis Cup. He also led the ATP Tour with the most wins on hard court (45) and indoor (31) surfaces in 2022. Auger-Aliassime was the first Canadian clay court ATP Masters 1000 finalist in the history of the series. He also made history at the 2021 US Open as the first Canadian men’s singles semi-finalist. In 2019, at the age of 18, he became the youngest Top-25 player since Hewitt in 1999, the youngest ATP 500 finalist at the Rio de Janeiro tournament, and the youngest semi-finalist in the Miami tournament’s history.

It is worth noting that Auger-Aliassime has a favorable record against left-handed players in 2024, with a 7-2 record, including 2 wins against Nishioka on clay. He has won three of his five ATP Tour titles in ATP 500 events, including the Rotterdam and Basel titles in 2022 and 2023. In his Tokyo debut in 2023, he lost to Giron in the quarterfinals.

Yoshihito Nishioka, a Japanese left-handed player, is currently 28 years old and is ranked 59th in the world. He reached his career-high ranking of No. 24 in June 2023 after reaching the fourth round at the 2023 Australian Open and Roland Garros for the first time in his career. He earned his biggest win over No. 2 Ruud to win his second ATP Tour title at the 2022 Seoul tournament. Nishioka also saved two match points against Shapovalov to win his first title at the 2018 Shenzhen tournament as a qualifier ranked 171st. He has rallied from a set down three times in his career, including the 2020 Delray Beach final and the 2022 Washington final, where he saved match points against de Minaur before winning his third title at the 2024 Atlanta tournament. Nishioka defeated his compatriot and World No. 5 Nishikori to reach the quarterfinals at the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati tournament as a qualifier.

Nishioka aims to achieve 20 wins in a season for the second time in his career, having previously achieved 21 wins in 2023, and 19 wins in 2019, 2022, and 2024. He has a record of 1-5 against top 30 players this year, with his sole win coming against No. 29 Tiafoe en route to winning the Atlanta title.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Auger-Aliassime will win.
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