Lucas Pouille vs Yoshihito Nishioka — Tokyo Round of 16

Tokyo · ATP · Round of 16
FRA
Lucas Pouille
[5]
#584ATP
32 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 September 2019
hard
JPN
Yoshihito Nishioka
#174ATP
1689ELO
1659Hard ELO
$42kYTD
$7.5MCAREER
30 yrs · 170 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Lucas Pouille defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1 6-2 in the Tokyo round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yoshihito Nishioka came in ranked #174, defending last year's round of 32, but Lucas Pouille had been the form player, winning 5 of their last 10 on hard. Lucas Pouille extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Pouille L.
662
Nishioka Y.
120

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
1.13
SlowFast
Weather
28°CMainly clear
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 58%

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-01-04BrisbaneR32hardLucas Pouille4-6 6-3 7-5

Statistics

Recent form
Pouille L.Nishioka Y.
59%1st serve in+5%64%
75%1st serve points won+9%66%
50%2nd serve points won+8%58%
65%Service points won+2%63%
37%Return points won+6%43%
76%Break points saved+19%57%
8Aces / match+53
3Double faults / match+2.10.9

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 19). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Djokovic N.[1]
Millman J.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Djokovic N.[1]
Goffin D.[3]
6-36-4
Millman J.
Opelka R.
6-37-64
Quarter-finals
Goffin D.[3]
Chung H.
6-26-2
Djokovic N.[1]
Pouille L.[5]
6-16-2
Opelka R.
Uchiyama Y.
6-36-3
Millman J.
Daniel T.
6-46-0
R16
Djokovic N.[1]
Soeda G.
6-37-5
Daniel T.
Thompson J.
6-47-63
Uchiyama Y.
Albot R.
6-726-36-4
Opelka R.
Simon G.
7-647-62
Goffin D.[3]
Shapovalov D.
7-657-62
Chung H.
Cilic M.[6]
6-43-66-1
Pouille L.[5]
Nishioka Y.
6-16-2
Millman J.
Harris L.
6-36-2
R32
Uchiyama Y.
Paire B.[4]
6-26-2
Simon G.
Andujar P.
6-46-0
Cilic M.[6]
Sugita Y.
6-46-4
Millman J.
Mannarino A.
4-66-36-4
Pouille L.[5]
Hurkacz H.
6-46-3
Thompson J.
Londero J.
6-33-66-3
Daniel T.
Coric B.[2]
6-44-67-65
Harris L.
De Minaur A.[8]
6-36-767-68
Shapovalov D.
Kecmanovic M.
6-46-4
Goffin D.[3]
Carreno Busta P.
1-67-686-0
Albot R.
Krajinovic F.
6-37-5
Opelka R.
Fritz T.[7]
6-36-4
Djokovic N.[1]
Popyrin A.
6-46-2
Chung H.
Sonego L.
3-66-36-4
Soeda G.
Struff J.
4-67-646-3
Nishioka Y.
Sousa J.
7-56-3