Site logo

Denis Shapovalov vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Denis Shapovalov seasons:20262025202420232022
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
🇨🇦 Denis Shapovalov
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
#37
1,170pts
Age: 27y 29d (1999-04-15)
Hand: L
Backhand: 1H
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 136d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 2
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
500 1–1250 0–1Masters 1000 1–0
WLLW
LWWL

Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
90.4%9.6%
-938+583

H2H Preview

🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have met 4 times. The series is tied 2–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov has compiled an overall career record of 241–203 across 444 matches, translating to a win rate of 54.28%. On hard courts his record stands at 181–137 (56.92%), while on clay he holds a 40–42 (48.78%) mark. On grass the numbers read 20–24 (45.45%) . Throughout his career he has won 4 titles (4 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 14–39 (26.42%).

🇯🇵Kei Nishikori, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 451–231 from 682 matches (66.13% win rate). His hard-court record is 301–152 (66.45%), on clay he stands at 107–52 (67.30%), and on grass he has gone 42–27 (60.87%) , with a carpet record of 1–0 (100.00%). He has accumulated 12 titles in total (10 hard, 2 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 40–78 (33.90%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Kei Nishikori leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Denis Shapovalov) across 1 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2025-04-21Madrid MastersClayR6430🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov (29)64🇯🇵Kei Nishikori6-1 6-43644160.0%83.3%65.0%1/1
2024-12-29Hong KongHardR32106🇯🇵Kei Nishikori56🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov6-2 6-33584070.0%82.9%60.0%2/2
2018-07-30WashingtonHardR1620🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (7)26🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov (9)7-6(1) 6-331020266.1%71.8%75.0%0/0
2018-02-26AcapulcoHardR3245🇨🇦Denis Shapovalov26🇯🇵Kei Nishikori6-7(3) 6-3 6-13137111145.1%78.3%55.4%9/10

Wins

Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori
2–2Overall
1–0Masters 1000
1–1ATP 500
0–1ATP 250
1–2Hard
1–0Clay

Sets Format

50.0%2
50.0%2
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
33.3%1
66.7%2
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori

Sets

44.4%4
55.6%5
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
100.0%2
0.0%0
Masters 1000
28.6%2
71.4%5
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori

Games

51.8%44
48.2%41
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
70.6%12
29.4%5
Masters 1000
47.1%32
52.9%36
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
70.6%12
29.4%5
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori

Overview

By Surface

Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori

By Round

Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

Denis ShapovalovKei Nishikori
0%0-10
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
14.7%5-29
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
26.4%14-39
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
34.4%33-63
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
50.4%184-181
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
72.2%57-22
vs +100
83.6%97-19
41.5%66-93
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
61.4%175-110
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

Denis ShapovalovKei Nishikori
50%41-41
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
55.2%200-162
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
55.2%216-175
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
47.2%25-28
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
53.1%211-186
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
63.8%30-17
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
62.8%81-48
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
51.1%135-129
Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations