On Sunday, Yoshihito Nishioka (No. 69 in the world) meets Thanasi Kokkinakis (No. 77) in the Round of 32 at the Great Ocean Road Open.
His last time out, Nishioka lost to Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 2-6, 4-6 in the Round of 16 at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships on September 28, 2024. Kokkinakis is coming off of a three-set loss to Nuno Borges (4-6, 5-7, 5-7) in his most recent match on August 29, 2024 in the Round of 64 at the US Open.
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- On hard courts over the past 12 months, Nishioka has gone 19-19 and has won one title.
- In terms of serve/return winning percentages on hard courts over the past year, Nishioka has won 77% of his games on serve and 21.4% on return.
- Nishioka has converted 82 of 219 break points on hard courts (37.4%) over the past year and is 71st in break points won.
- In his previous tournament, the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Nishioka went down in the Round of 16 to No. 14-ranked Rune, 2-6, 4-6 on September 28.
- The 28-year-old Kokkinakis, who is seeking his first tournament title on a hard court in 2025, is 13-12 over the past year on that surface.
- While playing on hard courts, Kokkinakis has an 82% winning percentage in service games and a 17.6% winning percentage in return games.
- On hard courts Kokkinakis ranks 115th in break point win percentage (33.3%) after going 48-for-144.
- On August 29, Kokkinakis lost to No. 34-ranked Borges, 4-6, 5-7, 5-7, in the Round of 64 of his last tournament, the US Open.
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