Carlos Alcaraz def. Brandon Nakashima — Quarterfinal, Japan Open Tennis Championships 2025

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Played28 Sep 2025

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇪🇸ranked ATP number 1 going into this drawWon

Carlos Alcaraz seeded 1 6 6

🇺🇸ranked ATP number 33 going into this draw

Brandon Nakashima 2 4

🇪🇸C. AlcarazCarlos AlcarazvB. NakashimaBrandon Nakashima🇺🇸

🇪🇸Carlos Alcaraz

🇺🇸Brandon Nakashima

Match stats

Serve

1

Aces

3

1

Double faults

0

67%

1st serve in

72%

83%

1st serve points won

70%

80%

2nd serve points won

28%

82%

Service points won

58%

0/0

Break points saved

4/7

Return

42%

Return points won

18%

3/7

Break points won

0/0

64

Total points won

45

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

10–0

Last 10 matches

6–4

7–0

Last 30 days

4–1

By surface

15–0

Hard

9–5

22–1

Clay

6–7

11–1

Grass

7–3

By round

8–0

QF

2–3

8–0

SF

0–2

11–1

At ATP 500s

7–4

How their matches go

48

Completed matches

35

60%

Won in straight sets

31%

35%

Won after losing a set

26%

2%

Lost after winning a set

23%

2%

Lost in straight sets

20%

13–6

Tiebreaks

16–13

10–0

Deciding sets

6–7

41/42

Won after winning set 1

16/20

5/6

Won after losing set 1

4/15

Serve and return, last 5 matches

63%

1st serve in

72%

79%

1st serve points won

73%

54%

2nd serve points won

51%

40%

Break points saved

77%

43%

Return points won

35%

58%

Break points won

44%

5.6

Aces a match

10.2

1.6

Double faults a match

0.2

Last 14 days

2

Matches

5

4

Sets

12

1

Days since last match

1

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentCarlos AlcarazBrandon Nakashima
🇮🇹DarderiNo. 30
🇮🇹DarderiNo. 30WonNew York R32LostHamburg R16
🇺🇸OpelkaNo. 62
🇺🇸OpelkaNo. 62WonNew York R128WonLondon R64
🇩🇪ZverevNo. 3
🇩🇪ZverevNo. 3WonCincinnati SFLostCincinnati R32LostStuttgart QF
🇺🇸SheltonNo. 6
🇺🇸SheltonNo. 6WonParis R16LostCanada R32
🇺🇸QuinnNo. 81
🇺🇸QuinnNo. 81WonBarcelona R32WonCanada R64WonWashington R32
🇦🇺de MinaurNo. 8
🇦🇺de MinaurNo. 8WonBarcelona QFLostWashington QF
Total
Total12–04–8

Last 10 matches going in

LatestCarlos AlcarazBrandon Nakashima
1Won🇧🇪Z. BergsZizou BergsNo. 46No. 46 · 27 SepTokyo R16 · 27 SepWon🇭🇺M. FucsovicsMarton FucsovicsNo. 58No. 58 · 27 SepTokyo R16 · 27 Sep
2Won🇦🇷S. BaezSebastian BaezNo. 41No. 41 · 25 SepTokyo R32 · 25 SepWon🇦🇺J. ThompsonJordan ThompsonR32 · 25 SepTokyo R32 · 25 Sep
3Won🇮🇹J. SinnerJannik SinnerNo. 1No. 1 · 7 SepNew York F · 7 SepLost🇨🇱A. TabiloAlejandro TabiloNo. 125No. 125 · 22 SepChengdu SF · 22 Sep
4Won🇷🇸N. DjokovicNovak DjokovicNo. 7No. 7 · 5 SepNew York SF · 5 SepWon🇺🇸M. GironMarcos GironNo. 51No. 51 · 21 SepChengdu QF · 21 Sep
5Won🇨🇿J. LeheckaJiri LeheckaNo. 21No. 21 · 2 SepNew York QF · 2 SepWon🇨🇳J. ShangJuncheng ShangNo. 137No. 137 · 19 SepChengdu R16 · 19 Sep
6Won🇫🇷A. RinderknechArthur RinderknechNo. 77No. 77 · 31 AugNew York R16 · 31 AugLost🇨🇭J. KymJerome KymNo. 176No. 176 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 Aug
7Won🇮🇹L. DarderiLuciano DarderiNo. 34No. 34 · 29 AugNew York R32 · 29 AugWon🇳🇱J. De JongJesper De JongNo. 80No. 80 · 24 AugNew York R128 · 24 Aug
8Won🇮🇹M. BellucciMattia BellucciNo. 63No. 63 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 AugLost🇩🇪A. ZverevAlexander ZverevNo. 3No. 3 · 13 AugCincinnati R32 · 13 Aug
9Won🇺🇸R. OpelkaReilly OpelkaNo. 66No. 66 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 AugWon🇧🇪A. BlockxAlexander BlockxNo. 121No. 121 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 Aug
10Won🇮🇹J. SinnerJannik SinnerNo. 1No. 1 · 18 AugCincinnati F · 18 AugLost🇺🇸B. SheltonBen SheltonNo. 8No. 8 · 1 AugCanada R32 · 1 Aug