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James Blake vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

James Blake seasons:20132012201120102009
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ James Blake
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Kei Nishikori
Age: 46y 81d (1979-12-28)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
113pts
#408
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 80d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
1 - 3
Wins: 25.0% - 75.0%
Hard 0–3Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
250 1–2Masters 1000 0–1
LWLL
WLWW

Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
11.2%88.8%
+516-790

H2H Preview

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJames Blake and πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Kei Nishikori have met 4 times. Kei Nishikori currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJames Blake has compiled an overall career record of 366–256 across 622 matches, translating to a win rate of 58.84%. On hard courts his record stands at 281–164 (63.15%), while on clay he holds a 46–54 (46.00%) mark. On grass the numbers read 32–29 (52.46%) , and on carpet 7–9 (43.75%). Throughout his career he has won 10 titles (10 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 19–55 (25.68%).

πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅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 3–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for James Blake) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2012-08-12Cincinnati MastersHardR3218πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Kei Nishikori (14)106πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJames Blake (WC)2-6 6-4 6-43981268.4%73.1%33.3%1/5
2011-02-21Delray BeachHardR1666πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Kei Nishikori144πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJames Blake (WC)6-3 6-43643164.9%81.1%65.0%2/2
2008-04-14HoustonClayR328πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJames Blake (1)116πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Kei Nishikori (WC)6-4 6-43874050.8%63.3%62.1%2/4
2008-02-11Delray BeachHardF244πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅Kei Nishikori (Q)12πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJames Blake (1)3-6 6-1 6-43863067.1%76.5%60.0%4/5

Wins

James Blake
Kei Nishikori
1–3Overall
0–1Masters 1000
1–2ATP 250
0–3Hard
1–0Clay

Sets Format

25.0%1
75.0%3
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
James Blake
Kei Nishikori

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%2
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
James Blake
Kei Nishikori

Sets

40.0%4
60.0%6
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
33.3%1
66.7%2
Masters 1000
25.0%2
75.0%6
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
James Blake
Kei Nishikori

Games

47.3%44
52.7%49
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
50.0%14
50.0%14
Masters 1000
43.8%32
56.2%41
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
60.0%12
40.0%8
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
James Blake
Kei Nishikori

Overview

By Surface

James Blake
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

James Blake
Kei Nishikori

By Round

James Blake
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

James BlakeKei Nishikori
8.3%1-11
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
21.3%10-37
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
25.7%19-55
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
35.6%48-87
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
54.4%268-225
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
75.8%97-31
vs +100
83.6%97-19
41.6%101-142
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
69.8%264-114
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

James BlakeKei Nishikori
55.8%206-163
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
63.2%160-93
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
57.9%323-235
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
66.7%42-21
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
56.1%210-164
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
58.5%100-71
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
62.3%172-104
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
53.1%130-115
Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations