Who Will Win: Fritz Vs Nakashima? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

What Time Will Taylor Fritz Play Against Brandon Nakashima?

Fritz and Nakashima are on the Day 2 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Tuesday 13 August 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?

In their upcoming match, Taylor Fritz (USA) will be facing Brandon Nakashima (USA). Fritz currently leads the head-to-head record between the two, with a 2-0 advantage.

Their previous meetings took place at the following events:

1. 2021 Wimbledon (Great Britain) on grass in the Round of 128. Fritz won the match with a score of 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
2. 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells (U.S.A.) on hard court in the Round of 64. Fritz came out victorious with a score of 6-3, 6-4.

Taylor Fritz, aged 26, is currently ranked World No. 12 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 5. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 38-15 and has won 2 titles. In the Cincinnati tournament, his record is 7-6, reaching the quarterfinals in 2022 and 2023.

Notable achievements of Fritz include:
– Winning his 5th ATP Tour title at the 2023 Delray Beach, which propelled him to a career-high ranking of No. 5. He became the first American player to reach the top 5 since Roddick in September 2009.
– Defeating No. 2 Nadal at the 2022 Nitto ATP Finals semifinals after previously beating him in the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells final. By winning the Indian Wells final, Fritz became the first American men’s champion at that event since Agassi in 2001.
– Reaching his first Grand Slam fourth round at the 2022 Australian Open and his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2022 Wimbledon. Prior to these achievements, he had struggled with a 0-7 record in Grand Slam third round matches.
– Making his first ATP Tour final at the 2016 Memphis at the age of 18, as a wildcard. He became the youngest American finalist since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990.
– Contributing to Team USA’s victory in the inaugural United Cup in 2023 and to Team World’s win in the Laver Cup in both 2022 and 2023.

In this match, Fritz aims to reach

the quarterfinals at an ATP Masters 1000 event for the second time in his career. He previously achieved this at the 2021-23 Indian Wells tournaments, where he lost to Medvedev in the 2022 Cincinnati quarterfinals and Djokovic in the 2023 quarterfinals.

Brandon Nakashima, aged 23, is currently ranked World No. 49 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 43. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 15-14, with his best performance being a semifinal finish at the Stuttgart tournament. In Cincinnati, he has a record of 0-3, exiting in the first round from 2021 to 2023.

Notable achievements of Nakashima include:
– Breaking into the Top 50 in July 2022 and reaching a career-high ranking of No. 43 in October 2022. He ended that season with a 16-1 record in tiebreaks.
– Winning the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals title in Milan after reaching the semifinals in 2021.
– Securing his first ATP Tour title in his hometown of San Diego in 2022 by defeating his compatriot, Giron.
– Making back-to-back ATP Tour finals at Los Cabos and Atlanta in 2021 as a 19-year-old. He became the youngest American player to reach multiple finals since Roddick in 2001-02.
– Reaching the third round of Roland Garros, the fourth round of Wimbledon, and the third round of the US Open in 2022. Noteworthy victories during these Grand Slam appearances include defeating No. 16 Shapovalov in the Wimbledon second round and No. 19 Dimitrov in the US Open second round.

Nakashima has a record of 7-17 against Top 20 players, with his most recent victory being against No. 12 Paul at the ATP Masters 1000 Montreal last week. All of his 10 ATP Masters 1000 main draw wins have come on hard courts, including 4 in Indian Wells, 2 in Miami, Montreal, and Shanghai.

This match between Fritz and Nakashima will take place on the “P&G GRANDSTAND” court.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Fritz will win.
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