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David Ferrer vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

David Ferrer seasons:20192018201720162015
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
🇪🇸 David Ferrer
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
Age: 43y 351d (1982-04-02)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
113pts
#408
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 80d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
4 - 10
Wins: 28.6% - 71.4%
Hard 4–5Clay 0–4Grass 0–1
Slam 12500 20Olympics 01Masters 1000 16Finals 01
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
11.6%88.4%
+502-761

H2H Preview

🇪🇸David Ferrer and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 14 times. Kei Nishikori currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 104.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇪🇸David Ferrer has compiled an overall career record of 733377 across 1110 matches, translating to a win rate of 66.04%. On hard courts his record stands at 345199 (63.42%), while on clay he holds a 335141 (70.38%) mark. On grass the numbers read 4426 (62.86%) , and on carpet 911 (45.00%). Throughout his career he has won 27 titles (12 hard, 13 clay, 2 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 54123 (30.51%).

🇯🇵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 Kei Nishikori leading 54 (55.56%). The clay record between them sits at 40 (100.00% for Kei Nishikori) across 4 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 10 (100.00% for Kei Nishikori).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2017-05-15Rome MastersClayR329🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (7)30🇪🇸David Ferrer7-5 6-23813175.4%67.4%57.1%1/3
2017-05-08Madrid MastersClayR168🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (6)30🇪🇸David Ferrer6-4 6-33851064.7%72.7%61.1%1/2
2015-05-03Madrid MastersClayQF5🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (4)8🇪🇸David Ferrer (7)6-4 6-23733158.8%76.7%42.9%3/5
2015-02-23AcapulcoHardF9🇪🇸David Ferrer (2)5🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (1)6-3 7-531090459.5%56.8%53.3%5/9
2015-01-19Australian OpenHardR165🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (5)10🇪🇸David Ferrer (9)6-3 6-3 6-351277356.3%70.4%59.5%5/6
2014-11-09Tour FinalsHardRR5🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (4)10🇪🇸David Ferrer (9)4-6 6-4 6-131175658.3%79.6%42.9%7/9
2014-10-27Paris MastersHardQF7🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (6)6🇪🇸David Ferrer (4)3-6 7-6(5) 6-431643360.0%68.3%31.0%3/9
2014-05-04Madrid MastersClaySF12🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (10)5🇪🇸David Ferrer (5)7-6(5) 5-7 6-331765364.2%70.5%49.0%12/15
2014-03-19Miami MastersHardR1621🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (20)4🇪🇸David Ferrer (4)7-6(7) 2-6 7-6(9)31854356.1%67.2%40.0%7/14
2013-03-20Miami MastersHardR165🇪🇸David Ferrer (3)15🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (13)6-4 6-23821359.3%84.4%45.5%0/1
2013-01-14Australian OpenHardR165🇪🇸David Ferrer (4)18🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (16)6-2 6-1 6-451306367.7%69.2%48.4%11/13
2012-07-25London OlympicsGrassR1618🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (15)5🇪🇸David Ferrer (4)6-0 3-6 6-43------0/0
2011-10-03TokyoHardR325🇪🇸David Ferrer (3)47🇯🇵Kei Nishikori6-4 6-33891264.2%74.4%41.7%5/7
2008-08-25US OpenHardR32126🇯🇵Kei Nishikori4🇪🇸David Ferrer (4)6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 7-552144764.5%64.0%50.9%6/14

Wins

David Ferrer
Kei Nishikori
410Overall
12Grand Slam
16Masters 1000
20ATP 500
01Tour Finals
01Olympics
45Hard
04Clay
01Grass

Sets Format

27.3%3
72.7%8
Bo3
33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo5
50.0%3
50.0%3
2 Sets
14.3%1
85.7%6
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
David Ferrer
Kei Nishikori

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%6
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%2
After 3 hours
David Ferrer
Kei Nishikori

Sets

42.1%16
57.9%22
All
45.5%5
54.5%6
Grand Slam
29.4%5
70.6%12
Masters 1000
53.8%14
46.2%12
Hard
33.3%1
66.7%2
Grass
11.1%1
88.9%8
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
David Ferrer
Kei Nishikori

Games

48.9%180
51.1%188
All
51.5%52
48.5%49
Grand Slam
46.9%82
53.1%93
Masters 1000
53.2%134
46.8%118
Hard
40.0%10
60.0%15
Grass
39.6%36
60.4%55
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
David Ferrer
Kei Nishikori

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

David Ferrer
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

David Ferrer
Kei Nishikori

By Round

David Ferrer
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

David FerrerKei Nishikori
18.5%5-22
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
20.2%22-87
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
30.5%54-123
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
45.3%131-158
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
62.2%578-351
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
85.6%154-26
vs +100
83.6%97-19
33.5%82-163
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
75.2%650-214
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

David FerrerKei Nishikori
67.5%484-233
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
63.4%249-144
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
66.8%648-322
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
60.7%85-55
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
64.4%479-265
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
67.2%207-101
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
73.1%19-7
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
65.6%671-352
Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations