Frances Tiafoe #23 def. Brandon Nakashima #22

7-5 6-3

Frances Tiafoe defeated Brandon Nakashima 7-5 6-3 in the 2026 Cincinnati Open semifinal on hard courts on August 22, 2026.

Match Information

Date: Aug 22, 2026
Tournament: Cincinnati Open
Edition: 2026
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 43m

Match Statistics

Stat	Frances Tiafoe	Brandon Nakashima
Aces	7	9
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	52	50
First serve points won %	77	62
Second serve points won %	44	47
Break points saved %	78	50
Break points converted %	50	22
Service points won %	61	54
Return points won %	46	39
Total points won %	54	46
Serve rating	255	220
Return rating	186	121

Win Probability

How the market's view of each player's chances changed through the match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Frances Tiafoe	Brandon Nakashima
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 20, 1998	Aug 3, 2001
Age	28	25
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	22
Ranking points (entering)	2,130	2,135
Elo (entering)	1,963	1,951
Career W-L	261–214	150–124
Career earnings	$18,094,995	$8,818,270

Pre-match H2H

Frances Tiafoe #23 6 – 1 Brandon Nakashima #22

Path

Frances Tiafoe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lorenzo Musetti #15	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 21, 2026	QF
Felix Auger-Aliassime #4	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 2026	R16
Learner Tien #12	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2026	R32
Lorenzo Sonego #88	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2026	R64

Frances Tiafoe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Brandon Nakashima's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Taylor Fritz #9	7-6(9) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 21, 2026	QF
Nuno Borges #47	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 2026	R16
Daniil Medvedev #7	6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 2026	R32
Aleksandar Kovacevic #96	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2026	R64