Match analytics

Frances Tiafoe vs Yoshihito Nishioka · Match odds & ELO prediction

Dallas • Hard • Feb 6, 2025 • 6:10 PM

Hard

Final score

1 - 2

Winner Yoshihito Nishioka

Key insights

Player performance profile

Frances Tiafoe

HARDSmall sample

50% · 11 on hard

Games won (last 10)

48%

10 matches tracked

Player Skillset

Based on ~8,074 points across 47 matches

Serve strengthServe strength (Player serve win % - tour average serve win %) scaled by sample size
Shaky
0.749% Pctl
Return strengthReturn strength (Player return win % - tour average return win %) scaled by sample size
Solid
-1.559% Pctl
Pressure IndexPressure Index (Break point performance - baseline point performance) with a small adjustment for tiebreak results
Solid
+1.260% Pctl
Tiebreak win %
Solid
57%64% Pctl

Percentiles compare against tour-level players in TennisTrove.

Yoshihito Nishioka

HARDSmall sample

0% · 01 on hard

Games won (last 10)

58%

10 matches tracked

Player Skillset

Based on ~3,918 points across 27 matches

Serve strengthServe strength (Player serve win % - tour average serve win %) scaled by sample size
Shaky
-0.135% Pctl
Return strengthReturn strength (Player return win % - tour average return win %) scaled by sample size
Vulnerable
-3.613% Pctl
Pressure IndexPressure Index (Break point performance - baseline point performance) with a small adjustment for tiebreak results
Solid
+2.468% Pctl
Tiebreak win %
Solid
60%74% Pctl

Percentiles compare against tour-level players in TennisTrove.

Match Overview

Frances Tiafoe and Yoshihito Nishioka are set to meet at the Dallas on February 6, 2025 in a hard-court singles match. Tiafoe enters with a 14–12 record on hard courts in 2025, while Nishioka has posted a 24–15 mark on hard courts this season. Based on Elo ratings, this projects as a tight matchup with neither player holding more than a slight statistical edge. In their head-to-head history, Tiafoe leads 3–2 over Nishioka, including a win in their most recent meeting.

Both players enter with respectable recent form, as Tiafoe and Nishioka have each won three or more of their last five singles matches.