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Ivo Karlovic vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ivo Karlovic seasons:20212020201920182017
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
🇭🇷 Ivo Karlovic
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
Age: 47y 99d (1979-02-28)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
45pts
#703
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 160d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 3
Wins: 40.0% - 60.0%
Hard 2–3Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Davis Cup 1–0250 1–1Slam 0–2
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
17.1%82.9%
+353-486

H2H Preview

🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have met 5 times. Kei Nishikori currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic has compiled an overall career record of 371–346 across 717 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.74%. On hard courts his record stands at 234–217 (51.88%), while on clay he holds a 55–76 (41.98%) mark. On grass the numbers read 75–44 (63.03%) , and on carpet 7–9 (43.75%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (4 hard, 1 clay, 3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 21–62 (25.30%).

🇯🇵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 3–2 (60.00%).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2019-01-14Australian OpenHardR649🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (8)73🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic6-3 7-6(6) 5-7 5-7 7-6(7)52289276.6%79.3%70.3%3/5
2016-08-29US OpenHardR167🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (6)23🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic (21)6-3 6-4 7-6(4)51216460.2%83.9%70.3%2/2
2014-02-10MemphisHardF16🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (1)80🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic6-4 7-6(0)3908264.7%86.4%62.5%2/2
2013-02-25Delray BeachHardR32150🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic16🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (4)5-4 RET3383239.3%72.7%64.7%0/1
2012-02-10Davis Cup WG R1: JPN vs CROHardRR43🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic20🇯🇵Kei Nishikori6-4 6-4 6-35------0/0

Wins

Ivo Karlovic
Kei Nishikori
2–3Overall
0–2Grand Slam
1–1ATP 250
1–0Davis Cup
2–3Hard

Sets Format

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

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%1
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
Ivo Karlovic
Kei Nishikori

Sets

42.9%6
57.1%8
All
25.0%2
75.0%6
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
42.9%6
57.1%8
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivo Karlovic
Kei Nishikori

Games

49.3%75
50.7%77
All
46.2%42
53.8%49
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
49.3%75
50.7%77
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivo Karlovic
Kei Nishikori

Overview

By Surface

Ivo Karlovic
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

Ivo Karlovic
Kei Nishikori

By Round

Ivo Karlovic
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

Ivo KarlovicKei Nishikori
22.2%2-7
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
18.9%7-30
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
25.3%21-62
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
35.7%51-92
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
49.5%269-274
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
58.1%100-72
vs +100
83.6%97-19
41.6%137-192
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
60.1%232-154
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

Ivo KarlovicKei Nishikori
52%316-292
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
50.5%55-54
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
52.4%325-295
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
47.4%46-51
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
49.8%243-245
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
53.8%99-85
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
51.7%370-346
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
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Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations