Horacio Zeballos vs Yoshihito Nishioka — Houston Round of 32

Houston · ATP · Round of 32
ARG
Horacio Zeballos
41 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 April 2018
clay
Yoshihito Nishioka
JPN
Yoshihito Nishioka
#177ATP
1689ELO
1618Clay ELO
$42kYTD
$7.5MCAREER
30 yrs · 170 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Zeballos H.
6-1 6-2
Nishioka Y.
Zeballos H.
662
Nishioka Y.
120

Horacio Zeballos defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1 6-2 in the Houston round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Yoshihito Nishioka came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Horacio Zeballos claimed a first win over Yoshihito Nishioka in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-08-01AtlantaQFhardYoshihito Nishioka6-4 6-4
2016-03-21Miami MastersQ2hardYoshihito Nishioka6-4 4-6 6-1
2014-08-25US OpenQ1hardYoshihito Nishioka6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Zeballos H.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Nishioka Y.

Nishioka Y.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Zeballos H.

Serve advantage — Nishioka Y.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Zeballos H.Nishioka Y.
1st serve in·Even
63%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
71%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
54%
Service points won·Even
64%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
32%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
65%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.3
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.0
1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (30 vs 197). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zeballos H.Nishioka Y.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
45
84
Break points saved·Slight edge
89
95
Break points won·Dominant
17
59
Deciding sets·Dominant
57
98
Tiebreaks·Dominant
58
97

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Final
Johnson S.[6]
Sandgren T.[8]
7-622-66-4
Semi-finals
Sandgren T.[8]
Karlovic I.
7-627-64
Johnson S.[6]
Fritz T.
7-56-746-2
Quarter-finals
Karlovic I.
Kyrgios N.[4]
3-66-26-3
Johnson S.[6]
Isner J.[1]
7-644-67-65
Sandgren T.[8]
Pella G.
4-67-56-3
Fritz T.
Sock J.[3]
6-33-66-4
R16
Kyrgios N.[4]
Fratangelo B.
6-726-16-2
Karlovic I.
Kudla D.
7-57-5
Isner J.[1]
Laaksonen H.
6-46-2
Sandgren T.[8]
Kicker N.
6-27-63
Johnson S.[6]
Tiafoe F.
6-36-4
Sock J.[3]
Zeballos H.
6-46-4
Pella G.
Querrey S.[2]
2-67-647-63
Fritz T.
Harrison R.[7]
3-66-06-3
R32
Karlovic I.
Daniel T.
7-656-4
Fratangelo B.
Thompson J.
6-16-1
Kicker N.
Young D.
6-36-2
Laaksonen H.
Brown D.
6-46-3
Kudla D.
Verdasco F.[5]
6-47-64
Pella G.
Kozlov S.
6-36-2
Tiafoe F.
Mcdonald M.
6-36-3
Johnson S.[6]
Escobedo E.
3-67-656-2
Zeballos H.
Nishioka Y.
6-16-2
Sandgren T.[8]
Kavcic B.
6-26-2
Harrison R.[7]
Kecmanovic M.
6-46-3
Fritz T.
Smyczek T.
6-736-27-66