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Grigor Dimitrov vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Grigor Dimitrov seasons:20262025202420232022
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
#169
355pts
Age: 35y 4d (1991-05-16)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
70pts
#553
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 142d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
1 - 5
Wins: 16.7% - 83.3%
Hard 1–4Clay 0–1Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 0–4250 1–1
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Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
81.9%18.1%
-454+334

H2H Preview

🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have met 6 times. Kei Nishikori currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov has compiled an overall career record of 479–310 across 789 matches, translating to a win rate of 60.71%. On hard courts his record stands at 321–201 (61.49%), while on clay he holds a 107–75 (58.79%) mark. On grass the numbers read 49–34 (59.04%) , and on carpet 2–0 (100.00%). Throughout his career he has won 9 titles (7 hard, 1 clay, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 43–94 (31.39%).

🇯🇵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 5 times, with Kei Nishikori leading 4–1 (80.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Kei Nishikori) across 1 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2018-12-31BrisbaneHardQF9🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (2)19🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (6)7-5 7-531005279.7%78.7%75.0%0/1
2018-05-14Rome MastersClayR3224🇯🇵Kei Nishikori4🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (3)6-7(4) 7-5 6-431751060.4%68.9%55.0%2/5
2017-01-02BrisbaneHardF17🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (7)5🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (3)6-2 2-6 6-331087267.5%78.8%48.0%5/7
2016-07-25Canada MastersHardQF6🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (3)40🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov6-3 3-6 6-231296461.6%67.2%52.6%11/13
2014-03-19Miami MastersHardR3221🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (20)16🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov (15)7-6(1) 7-531029059.5%86.4%53.3%1/1
2013-10-07Shanghai MastersHardR6418🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (12)28🇧🇬Grigor Dimitrov6-3 6-43821158.2%71.9%69.6%3/3

Wins

Grigor Dimitrov
Kei Nishikori
1–5Overall
0–4Masters 1000
1–1ATP 250
1–4Hard
0–1Clay

Sets Format

16.7%1
83.3%5
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%3
2 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Grigor Dimitrov
Kei Nishikori

Deciding

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

Sets

26.7%4
73.3%11
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
20.0%2
80.0%8
Masters 1000
25.0%3
75.0%9
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
33.3%1
66.7%2
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Grigor Dimitrov
Kei Nishikori

Games

44.8%69
55.2%85
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
42.9%45
57.1%60
Masters 1000
44.5%53
55.5%66
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
45.7%16
54.3%19
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Grigor Dimitrov
Kei Nishikori

Overview

By Surface

Grigor Dimitrov
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

Grigor Dimitrov
Kei Nishikori

By Round

Grigor Dimitrov
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

Grigor DimitrovKei Nishikori
5.9%1-16
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
25.3%20-59
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
31.4%43-94
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
38.5%82-131
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
57.7%384-281
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
76.2%93-29
vs +100
83.6%97-19
41.7%113-158
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
70.5%364-152
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

Grigor DimitrovKei Nishikori
62.8%208-123
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
59.2%271-187
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
59.9%405-271
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
64.2%70-39
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
60%387-258
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
62.2%84-51
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
62.6%320-191
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
54.5%110-92
Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations