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Andy Murray vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Andy Murray seasons:20242023202220212020
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
🇬🇧 Andy Murray
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
Age: 38y 308d (1987-05-15)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
113pts
#408
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 80d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
9 - 2
Wins: 81.8% - 18.2%
Hard 7–2Clay 2–0Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 30Slam 21250 10Finals 11Davis Cup 10Olympics 10
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
21.4%78.6%
+278-366

H2H Preview

🇬🇧Andy Murray and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 11 times. Andy Murray currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 92.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇬🇧Andy Murray has compiled an overall career record of 739262 across 1001 matches, translating to a win rate of 73.83%. On hard courts his record stands at 503177 (73.97%), while on clay he holds a 10952 (67.70%) mark. On grass the numbers read 11930 (79.87%) , and on carpet 83 (72.73%). Throughout his career he has won 46 titles (34 hard, 3 clay, 8 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 10596 (52.24%).

🇯🇵Kei Nishikori, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 451231 from 682 matches (66.13% win rate). His hard-court record is 301152 (66.45%), on clay he stands at 10752 (67.30%), and on grass he has gone 4227 (60.87%) , with a carpet record of 10 (100.00%). He has accumulated 12 titles in total (10 hard, 2 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 4078 (33.90%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 9 times, with Andy Murray leading 72 (77.78%). The clay record between them sits at 20 (100.00% for Andy Murray) across 2 matches.

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2017-05-29Roland GarrosClayQF1🇬🇧Andy Murray (1)9🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (8)2-6 6-1 7-6(0) 6-151593662.2%73.9%42.9%4/9
2016-11-14Tour FinalsHardRR1🇬🇧Andy Murray (1)5🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (5)6-7(9) 6-4 6-432008453.0%75.7%48.4%9/11
2016-08-29US OpenHardQF7🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (6)2🇬🇧Andy Murray (2)1-6 6-4 4-6 6-1 7-552371459.5%71.8%43.4%7/15
2016-08-08Rio OlympicsHardSF2🇬🇧Andy Murray (2)7🇯🇵Kei Nishikori6-1 6-43803076.0%81.6%58.3%0/0
2016-03-04Davis Cup WG R1: GBR vs JPNHardRR2🇬🇧Andy Murray6🇯🇵Kei Nishikori7-5 7-6(6) 3-6 4-6 6-3529410355.7%69.9%48.6%7/14
2015-08-10Canada MastersHardSF3🇬🇧Andy Murray (2)4🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (4)6-3 6-03658161.0%80.0%50.0%1/3
2015-05-03Madrid MastersClaySF3🇬🇧Andy Murray (2)5🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (4)6-3 6-43984258.6%79.4%54.2%2/3
2014-11-09Tour FinalsHardRR5🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (4)6🇬🇧Andy Murray (5)6-4 6-43951846.3%71.0%50.0%4/6
2012-12-30BrisbaneHardSF3🇬🇧Andy Murray (1)19🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (5)6-4 2-0 RET3454170.0%81.0%55.6%1/2
2012-01-16Australian OpenHardQF4🇬🇧Andy Murray (4)26🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (24)6-3 6-3 6-151324344.4%77.8%57.8%8/10
2011-10-09Shanghai MastersHardSF4🇬🇧Andy Murray (2)47🇯🇵Kei Nishikori6-3 6-03577165.7%95.7%58.3%0/0

Wins

Andy Murray
Kei Nishikori
92Overall
21Grand Slam
30Masters 1000
10ATP 250
11Tour Finals
10Olympics
10Davis Cup
72Hard
20Clay

Sets Format

85.7%6
14.3%1
Bo3
75.0%3
25.0%1
Bo5
83.3%5
16.7%1
2 Sets
100.0%2
0.0%0
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
5 Sets
Andy Murray
Kei Nishikori

Deciding

66.7%2
33.3%1
Decider Set
100.0%3
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
66.7%2
33.3%1
After 3 hours
Andy Murray
Kei Nishikori

Sets

71.9%23
28.1%9
All
66.7%8
33.3%4
Grand Slam
100.0%6
0.0%0
Masters 1000
69.2%18
30.8%8
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
83.3%5
16.7%1
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Andy Murray
Kei Nishikori

Games

58.6%170
41.4%120
All
57.5%61
42.5%45
Grand Slam
73.5%36
26.5%13
Masters 1000
58.1%137
41.9%99
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
61.1%33
38.9%21
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Andy Murray
Kei Nishikori

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Andy Murray
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

Andy Murray
Kei Nishikori

By Round

Andy Murray
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

Andy MurrayKei Nishikori
29.3%12-29
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
42.7%53-71
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
52.2%105-96
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
57.3%200-149
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
71.6%618-245
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
87.5%119-17
vs +100
83.6%97-19
43.4%109-142
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
84%628-120
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

Andy MurrayKei Nishikori
67.5%264-127
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
77.8%472-135
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
73.7%643-230
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
74.4%93-32
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
73.2%552-202
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
73.5%164-59
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
73%491-182
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
72.1%165-64
Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations