No. 63-ranked Yoshihito Nishioka will take on No. 230 Aziz Dougaz in the Australian Open Round of 128 on Saturday, January 11.
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. Dougaz’s last match on September 30, 2024 was a three-set loss to Aslan Karatsev 7-6, 4-6, 4-6 in the qualifying round at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.
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- On hard courts over the past 12 months, Nishioka has gone 19-19 and has won one title.
- On hard courts over the past year, Nishioka has won 21.4% of his return games and 77.0% of his service games.
- Including hard courts only, Nishioka has converted 37.4% of his break-point opportunities (82 of 219) over the past year.
- In the the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Nishioka’s last tournament, he was beaten 2-6, 4-6 by No. 14-ranked Rune on September 28 in the Round of 16.
- The 27-year-old Dougaz, who is seeking his first tournament win on a hard court in 2025, is 2-3 over the past 12 months on that surface.
- Dougaz has 36 wins in 48 service games when playing on hard courts (75.0%), and nine wins in 48 return games (18.8%).
- On hard courts Dougaz ranks 258th in break point winning percentage (34.8%) after going 8-for-23.
- In the Qualification Final of his previous tournament (the Hamburg European Open) on July 14, Dougaz was beaten by No. 151-ranked Marco Trungelliti 3-6, 2-6.
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