Nick Kyrgios and Kamil Majchrzak will square off in the 2^nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Kyrgios who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nick Kyrgios is the pick to win this match.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.09
Kamil Majchrzak -> 7.4

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Prediction and head to head Nick Kyrgios vs. Kamil Majchrzak

There is no head to head record between Nick Kyrgios and Kamil Majchrzak since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nick Kyrgios

Ranked no. 20, the Australian got to the 2^nd round after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-3 6-1). During the match, Kyrgios scored 63 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 36. Nick was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kyrgios fired 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nick Kyrgios was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nick broke Hsin Tseng 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Kyrgios has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (252-126). 22-6 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kyrgios has an aggregate 154-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Washington where he overcame Yoshihito Nishioka in the final 6-4 6-3.

The Australian has an overall 36-10 win-loss record in 2022, 22-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Kamil Majchrzak

Ranked no. 121, Majchrzak got to the 2^nd round after beating Sho Shimabukuro 7-6² 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Majchrzak had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (7-6² 6-2). During the match Majchrzak scored 76 points vs Shimabukuro’s 58. Majchrzak was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Majchrzak scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kamil Majchrzak was very efficient on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Pole broke Shimabukuro twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Kamil’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Pune.

Kamil has a composed 18-19 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kyrgios and Majchrzak played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kyrgios and Majchrzak have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kyrgios played 5 games less than Majchrzak. The Australian scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole recorded 34 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Kyrgios scored 9 aces . Majchrzak managed to score 3 aces . Kyrgios won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Majchrzak won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Kyrgios broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Majchrzak broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Kamil was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.