What Time Will Yoshihito Nishioka Play Against Casper Ruud?
Nishioka and Ruud are on the Day 5 Schedule at Dallas Open 2025 on Friday 7 February 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
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Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Yoshihito Nishioka, a 29-year-old Japanese left-hander, is currently ranked World No. 67 and achieved his career-high ranking of No. 24 in June 2023. He reached the fourth round of the Australian Open and Roland Garros in 2023, marking his first career appearance in the Grand Slam 4R.
In 2022, Nishioka earned the biggest win of his career by defeating World No. 2 Casper Ruud en route to winning his second ATP Tour title at the Seoul tournament. He also saved two match points against Denis Shapovalov to claim his first title at the 2018 Shenzhen tournament while ranked 171st. Nishioka showed resilience in multiple tournaments, rallying from a set down three times to reach the 2020 Delray Beach final and saving a match point against Alex de Minaur on his way to the 2022 Washington final before securing his third title at the 2024 Atlanta tournament. Notably, he defeated his compatriot and World No. 5 Kei Nishikori to reach the quarterfinals of the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati as a qualifier.
It is worth mentioning that Nishioka aims to end his 12-match losing streak against top 10 players since his quarterfinal victory over Casper Ruud, which propelled him to win the 2022 Seoul title. He seeks to reach his ninth ATP Tour semifinal (6-2 record) and his first since his Atlanta title run in August.
Casper Ruud is a 26-year-old Norwegian player who holds a World No. 5 ranking, his career-high being No. 2. He rose from No. 7 to No. 2 after losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the 2022 US Open final, with the No. 1 ranking at stake. Ruud has achieved several noteworthy milestones for Norwegian tennis, including being the first Norwegian to win 12 ATP Tour titles and reach the Nitto ATP Finals (reaching the semifinals in 2021 and the final in 2022 and 2024). He also reached the finals of the Roland Garros in 2022 and 2023, the US Open in 2023, and the ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami 2022 and Monte-Carlo in 2024.
In July 2021, Ruud made history by sweeping clay-court titles at Bastad, Gstaad, and Kitzbuhel, becoming the first player to win three titles in as many weeks since Andy Murray accomplished this feat in 2011. He has displayed dominance on clay courts, leading the ATP Tour in clay-court wins (116), finals reached (16), and titles won (11) since the start of the 2020 season. His biggest career title came at the 2024 Barcelona tournament.
Ruud’s significant career victory came when he defeated World No. 1 Novak Djokovic en route to the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo final. In the 2025 Madrid tournament, he defeated Duckworth in the first round and Mmoh in the second round, making him the second Norwegian quarter-finalist in tournament history after his father, Christian, in 1999 (who lost to Michael Chang). Ruud has an impressive record of 8-2 against left-handed players since the start of 2024 and aims to reach his fourth indoor ATP Tour semifinal, having previously achieved this milestone at the Nitto ATP Finals in 2021, 2022, and 2024.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Nishioka will win.
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