Saba Purtseladze vs Shunsuke NakagawaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Saba Purtseladze and Shunsuke Nakagawa have met 1 time since 2026; Shunsuke Nakagawa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Purtseladze has taken 0 sets to Nakagawa's 2. Their most recent meeting: Shunsuke Nakagawa won at Samsun Challenger (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Purtseladze | Nakagawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Saba Purtseladze | Shunsuke Nakagawa | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 24/33 | 83% | 10/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 9/30 | 44% | 7/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 29% | 18/63 | 32% | 9/28 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 17/32 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 32% | 8/25 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 40% | 10/25 | 82% | 9/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 91% | 30/33 | 67% | 10/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 24/33 | 67% | 10/15 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Purtseladze 0, Nakagawa 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Purtseladze
👑 The Complete Package
Nakagawa
🎾 All-Court
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 55% vs 🎾 All-Court across 281 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Saba Purtseladze.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the all-court's tactical versatility.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 26, 2026
Samsun Challenger
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Purtseladze | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–8 | 2–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.70 | 4.05 |
| ROI % | +35.6% | +38.3% |
| Units P/L | +4.98u | +1.53u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Purtseladze | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | BUL | — |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Purtseladze has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Nakagawa's 0%).
| Opponent | Purtseladze | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| Kai Cowcher | W 64 76 | L 57 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Nicola Rispoli
M15 Telavi · 2nd Round
Sep 30
Nika Bidzinashvili
M15 Telavi · 1st Round
Sep 29
Adrian Andreev
Plovdiv 4 Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Johan Nikles
Szczecin Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 13
Izan Almazan Valiente
Seville Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Nikita Ianin
M15 Hurghada · 1st Round
Aug 26
Matej Dodig
Hamburg Challenger · Quarterfinals
Aug 14
Max Hans Rehberg
Hamburg Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Shunsuke Mitsui
M25 Urayasu · 1st Round
Sep 1
Kenta Miyoshi
Samsun Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 28
Mirza Basic
Samsun Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 27
Saba Purtseladze
Samsun Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 26
Kazushi Idogaki
Futures 2026
Jul 7
Kazushi
M15 Tokyo · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 7
Mao Takada
M15 Tokyo · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 6
Yu Tanaka
Futures 2026
Jun 30
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–63 matches
| Metric | Purtseladze | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 43% |
| Sets won | 52% | 48% |
| Games won | 51% | 48% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Purtseladze | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Purtseladze | Nakagawa |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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