Prediction Of Nishioka Vs Kokkinakis H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Adelaide International 2025?

What Time Will Yoshihito Nishioka Play Against Thanasi Kokkinakis?

Nishioka and Kokkinakis are on the Day 1 Schedule at Adelaide International 2025 on Monday 6 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?

Yoshihito Nishioka, a 29-year-old left-handed tennis player from Japan, is ranked 64th in the world with a career-high ranking of 24. In June 2023, he reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career at the Australian Open and Roland Garros. Nishioka’s biggest career victory came against World No. 2 Ruud, which led him to win his second ATP Tour title at the 2022 Seoul tournament. Another notable achievement was his first title at the 2018 Shenzhen tournament, where he saved two match points against Shapovalov as a 171st-ranked qualifier. Nishioka has also rallied from a set down three times, reaching the finals of the 2020 Delray Beach and the 2022 Washington tournaments. He saved one match point against de Minaur before securing his third title at the 2024 Atlanta tournament. Nishioka defeated compatriot and World No. 5 Nishikori on his way to the quarterfinals of the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati as a qualifier. In the 2025 season, Nishioka reached the second round of the Brisbane tournament as a qualifier and most recently defeated No. 11 Rune in the first round of the Adelaide tournament in 2023.

On the other hand, Thanasi Kokkinakis, a 28-year-old tennis player from Australia, is currently ranked 77th in the world with a career-high ranking of 65. As a former top-10 junior, Kokkinakis earned his first ATP ranking point just days after turning 15 in 2011. In 2023, he achieved his career-high ranking at the age of 27, surpassing his previous best of 69, which he achieved at the age of 19 in 2015. Kokkinakis won his first ATP Tour title at his hometown tournament, the 2022 Adelaide-2, as a 145th-ranked wildcard, after reaching his first quarterfinals, semifinals, and final at the 2017 Los Cabos as a 454th-ranked wildcard. In 2018, he caused a major upset by defeating defending champion Federer in the second round of the Miami tournament as a 175th-ranked qualifier, becoming the lowest-ranked player to defeat a World No. 1 since 2003. He also won the doubles title at the 2022 Australian Open, partnering with his compatriot Kyrgios as the 434th-ranked wildcard. They defeated Ebden/Purcell, marking the first all-Aussie Grand Slam doubles final since the 1980 Australian Open. During his junior career, Kokkinakis reached three Grand Slam finals in 2013, winning the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title with Kyrgios and finishing as the boys’ singles runner-up at the Australian Open and US Open. Kokkinakis has the most match wins in the history of the Adelaide tournament with a record of 12 wins. He is one of two former champions in the current draw alongside Lehecka (2024). Kokkinakis has a 4-1 record in the opening rounds of the Adelaide tournament, with his only loss coming against Lajovic last year.

Their match will take place on Show Court 1, and this will be their first meeting at the tour level. They previously faced each other at the 2014 US Open qualifying tournament, with Nishioka winning in three sets.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Nishioka will win.
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