Prediction Of Humbert Vs Nakashima H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Rolex Paris Masters 2024?

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Humbert and Nakashima are on the Day 1 Schedule at Rolex Paris Masters 2024 on Monday 28 October 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?

Ugo Humbert, a 26-year-old French player, will be facing off against Brandon Nakashima, a 23-year-old American player. Humbert currently leads the head-to-head record between the two, having won both of their previous encounters.

Their first meeting took place at the 2024 Wimbledon tournament in Great Britain. It was a grass court match in the round of 32, and Humbert emerged victorious with a score of 7-6(9) 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(6). Their second meeting occurred at the 2024 Tokyo tournament on a hard court in the round of 16, where Humbert again defeated Nakashima, this time with a score of 6-3 6-2.

In addition to these encounters, they have also faced each other in other tournaments. At the 2018 US Open qualifying rounds on a hard court, Humbert came out on top with a score of 7-6(4) 6-3. However, in the ATP Masters 1000 Rome qualifiers on clay in 2022, it was Nakashima who won the match with a score of 6-3 6-3.

Ugo Humbert has had notable achievements in his career. He broke into the top 20 rankings in November 2023 and reached a career-high ranking of 13 in April 2024. Shortly after winning the Dubai tournament, he became the third player in the Open Era to win his sixth ATP Tour title in his sixth final, joining Gulbis and Klizan. He has had victories over top players such as Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev. Humbert has also won titles on French soil at the Metz and Marseille tournaments. He has a 12-16 record against top 10 players and his biggest win was against No. 2 ranked Daniil Medvedev at the 2022 ATP Cup.

Furthermore, Humbert has had successes in the Challenger circuit, winning several titles. He defeated former No. 3 Dominic Thiem to win his seventh Challenger title at the 2022 Rennes tournament and earned his eighth and ninth Challenger titles in a three-week span at Cagliari and Bordeaux in May 2023. In terms of his recent performance, he is currently on an eight-match winning streak on French indoor hard courts after winning titles in Metz and Marseille. He has a positive record against American players, with a 7-1 record since the start of October last year, his only loss being to No. 17 Tommy Paul in the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells tournament in March.

Brandon Nakashima, on the other hand, achieved a career-high ranking of 35 in September 2023. He broke into the top 50 in July 2022 and had notable wins over players like Holger Rune and Lorenzo Musetti on his way to reaching the fourth round of the US Open. Nakashima won the Next Gen ATP Finals title in Milan in 2022 after reaching the semifinals in the previous year. He also claimed his first ATP Tour title in his hometown of San Diego by defeating Marcos Giron. Additionally, he had impressive performances as a 19-year-old, reaching back-to-back ATP Tour finals in Los Cabos and Atlanta, becoming the youngest American player to achieve this feat since Andy Roddick in 2001-2002. Nakashima reached the third round of the Roland Garros, the fourth round of Wimbledon, and the third round of the US Open in 2022, where he secured his first victories against top 20 players, defeating Denis Shapovalov and Grigor Dimitrov.

Nakashima has faced top 20 players frequently in his career, with a record of 12-20 against them. Since August, he has improved with a 6-4 record against top 20 players. In ATP Masters 1000 tournaments this year, he has a 5-7 record, including reaching the third round in Montreal and Cincinnati, where he defeated players like Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz before falling to Andrey Rublev.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Humbert will win.
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