Prediction Of Wawrinka Vs Nakashima H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Bnp Paribas Nordic Open 2024?

What Time Will Stan Wawrinka Play Against Brandon Nakashima?

Wawrinka and Nakashima are on the Day 3 Schedule at Bnp Paribas Nordic Open 2024 on Wednesday 16 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?

1R: [WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) vs [6] Brandon Nakashima (USA)
Wawrinka leads head to head 2-0. Their previous matches took place in Basel (Switzerland) on hard courts, where Wawrinka won 6-4 5-7 6-4, and in the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (U.S.A.) on hard courts, with Wawrinka winning 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3.

Stan Wawrinka, currently 39 years old, holds a world ranking of No. 217. He achieved his career-high ranking at No. 3 in 2014 and maintained a top-five ranking from 2014-2016. However, he faced setbacks due to surgeries, including two left knee surgeries in 2017 and two left foot surgeries in 2021. Throughout his career, Wawrinka has secured victories over world No. 1 players in Grand Slam tournaments, including notable wins in the finals of the 2014 Australian Open against Nadal, the 2015 Roland Garros against Djokovic, and the 2016 US Open against Djokovic. He is one of only three players, alongside Berdych and Tsonga, to defeat Djokovic, Federer, Murray, and Nadal at Grand Slam events. Wawrinka has 16 singles titles, winning 11 consecutive finals from 2014-2016. In the 2014 Monte Carlo ATP Masters 1000, he defeated fellow Swiss player Federer to claim his only title in this category. Additionally, Wawrinka won a doubles gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics alongside Federer and helped Switzerland win the 2014 Davis Cup. Wawrinka is participating in his fourth appearance at the Stockholm tournament. He aims to become the second oldest player to achieve a match win in the tournament’s history, following Phillips-Moore, who accomplished this feat at 40 years old in 1977. Wawrinka has reached five indoor hard finals in his career and secured the title in Rotterdam in 2015.

Brandon Nakashima, 23 years old, currently holds a world ranking of No. 38. He broke into the Top 50 in July 2022 and achieved his career-high ranking at No. 35 in September 2024. Notably, Nakashima defeated No. 15 Rune and No. 18 Musetti at the US Open, propelling him to the fourth round. He concluded the 2022 season with a strong record of 16-1 in tiebreaks and returned to Milan, where he triumphed in the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals after reaching the semifinals in 2021. Additionally, Nakashima claimed his first ATP Tour title in his hometown of San Diego in 2022, defeating countryman Giron. At the age of 19 in 2021, Nakashima reached back-to-back ATP Tour finals in Los Cabos and Atlanta, becoming the youngest American to accomplish 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, securing his first wins over top 20 players- Shapovalov and Dimitrov. However, Nakashima has faced recent struggles, losing to players ranked outside the Top 200 at two of his last three tournaments- No. 777 Cilic at Hangzhou and No. 336 Watanuki at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai. On a positive note, he currently holds an eight-match winning streak indoors on the tour-level after winning the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals and going 3-0 in Davis Cup earlier this season.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Wawrinka will win.
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