Joao Sousa vs Yoshihito NishiokaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Joao Sousa and Yoshihito Nishioka have met 3 times since 2019; Yoshihito Nishioka leads 3–0. Their first meeting came at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati in 2019 on hard. On hard courts Nishioka leads 3–0. Nishioka has won the last 3 meetings. Across all meetings Sousa has taken 1 sets to Nishioka's 6. Their most recent meeting: Yoshihito Nishioka won at Vienna (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sousa | Nishioka | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Joao Sousa | Yoshihito Nishioka | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 79% | 11/14 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 50% | 3/6 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 30% | 6/20 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 60% | 9/15 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 33% | 1/3 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 75% | 3/4 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 87% | 13/15 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 73% | 11/15 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sousa 0, Nishioka 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sousa
🏹 Frontrunner
Nishioka
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 307 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Oct 23, 2022
Vienna
H Hard · 2nd Round Qualifying
Oct 2, 2019
Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 32
Aug 1, 2019
ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati
H Hard · 2nd Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sousa | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 1–2 |
| Avg odds | - | 4.47 |
| ROI % | - | -10.3% |
| Units P/L | - | -0.31u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sousa | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | 1,092 mi · 1,758 km |
| Route | — | JPN → CHN |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Arthur Fils
Millennium Estoril Open - Estoril · 1st Round
Apr 3
Alejandro Moro Canas
Girona Challenger · 2nd Round
Mar 28
Felix Gill
Girona Challenger · 1st Round
Mar 27
Vilius Gaubas
Girona · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 25
Emil Ruusuvuori
Davis Cup, World Group, Q, FIN-POR 3-1 · Rubber 2
Feb 2
Martin Damm
Oeiras 2 Challenger · Quarterfinals
Jan 11
Lorenzo Giustino
Oeiras 2 Challenger · 2nd Round
Jan 10
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
Oeiras 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Jan 9
Dalibor Svrcina
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Aleksandr Shevchenko
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Chak Pong Marco Lam
Delray Beach Open - Delray Beach · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 14
Coleman Wong
Delray Beach Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 14
Jurij Rodionov
Davis Cup, World Group, Q, JPN-AUT 2-3 · Rubber 5
Feb 7
George Loffhagen
Australian Open - Melbourne · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jan 14
Nerman Fatic
Australian Open - Melbourne · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 12
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 20–20 matches
| Metric | Sousa | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 70% |
| Sets won | - | 67% |
| Games won | - | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sousa | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| ATP 500 | 0 | 2 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sousa | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 3 |
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