

What Time Will Yannick Hanfmann Play Against Brandon Nakashima?
Hanfmann and Nakashima are on the Day 2 Schedule at Adelaide International 2025 on Tuesday 7 January 2025. 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?
Yannick Hanfmann, a 33-year-old German player, will face Brandon Nakashima, a 23-year-old American player, in their first tour-level meeting. They have previously met at the 2021 Oeiras 3 CH tournament on clay, with Nakashima winning 6-3 6-4.
Hanfmann, currently ranked World No. 98, broke into the Top 100 in 2018 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 45 in July 2023. Throughout his career, he has accumulated a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, including two finals appearances. In 2023, he achieved his biggest career win by defeating No. 5 Tsitsipas at the Mallorca tournament on his way to reaching the ATP Tour semifinals for the sixth time. He also reached his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the 2023 Rome tournament after defeating No. 9 Fritz in the second round and No. 6 Rublev in the fourth round. Hanfmann qualified for his first ATP Tour final at the 2017 Gstaad tournament and his second final at the 2020 Kitzbuhel tournament. Notably, he captured his first career Top 10 win by defeating No. 9 Monfils at the 2020 Hamburg tournament, where he received a wildcard entry instead of playing in the qualifying rounds of Roland Garros. Additionally, Hanfmann secured his first main draw win at a Grand Slam event at the 2022 Australian Open as a qualifier. He has won six Challenger titles and had a successful collegiate career at the University of Southern California, helping the Trojans win two NCAA national titles. In 2024, Hanfmann held a record of 6-11 against Top 50 players, with five of his six wins coming on hard courts. He has qualified for two consecutive tournaments in Brisbane and Adelaide, defeating Gaston in the first qualifying round and Guinard in the second.
On the other hand, Nakashima, currently ranked World No. 37, achieved his career-high ranking of No. 35 in September 2023. He broke into the Top 50 in July 2022 and made a name for himself as a former world No. 3 junior. In the 2023 US Open, he reached the fourth round after defeating No. 15 Rune and No. 18 Musetti. Nakashima won the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals title in Milan, following a semifinal appearance in 2021. He secured his first ATP Tour title by defeating his compatriot Giron in his hometown of San Diego in 2022 and ended the season with a remarkable 16-1 record in tiebreaks. As a 19-year-old in 2021, Nakashima reached back-to-back ATP Tour finals in Los Cabos and Atlanta, becoming the youngest American player to achieve this feat since Roddick in 2001-2002. In 2022, he reached the third round of Roland Garros, the fourth round of Wimbledon, and the third round of the US Open, gaining his first wins against players ranked in the Top 20, including No. 16 Shapovalov and No. 19 Dimitrov. Nakashima enters the tournament with a record of 1 win and 7 losses in his last 8 matches, with his only victory coming against No. 12 Paul in the first round of the Vienna tournament. He earned 16 victories on hard courts in 2024, including a semifinal run in Hangzhou, where he lost to Cilic.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Hanfmann will win.
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