Site logo

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga seasons:20222021202020192018
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
Age: 40y 356d (1985-04-17)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
88pts
#485
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 100d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
3 - 6
Wins: 33.3% - 66.7%
Hard 2–5Clay 1–1Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 2–3Slam 1–3
LWLWL
WLWLW

Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
12.8%87.2%
+461-680

H2H Preview

🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have met 9 times. Kei Nishikori currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 6–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has compiled an overall career record of 467–238 across 705 matches, translating to a win rate of 66.24%. On hard courts his record stands at 317–153 (67.45%), while on clay he holds a 90–57 (61.22%) mark. On grass the numbers read 51–25 (67.11%) , and on carpet 9–3 (75.00%). Throughout his career he has won 18 titles (17 hard, 1 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 45–90 (33.33%).

🇯🇵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 7 times, with Kei Nishikori leading 5–2 (71.43%). The clay record between them sits at 1–1 (50.00% each) across 2 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2019-05-27Roland GarrosClayR647🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (7)82🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga4-6 6-4 6-4 6-451820369.1%70.6%52.6%9/13
2016-10-31Paris MastersHardR1613🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (11)4🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (5)0-6 6-3 7-6(3)312018560.2%74.0%48.5%5/9
2016-01-18Australian OpenHardR167🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (7)10🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9)6-4 6-2 6-451223360.2%74.0%63.6%1/2
2015-05-24Roland GarrosClayQF15🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14)5🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (5)6-1 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3522510161.0%83.3%50.0%3/7
2014-10-27Paris MastersHardR167🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (6)12🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10)6-1 4-6 6-431291354.0%70.2%60.0%5/6
2013-10-28Paris MastersHardR3219🇯🇵Kei Nishikori9🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8)1-6 7-6(4) 7-6(7)31484258.3%71.4%62.5%4/7
2013-10-07Shanghai MastersHardR169🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7)18🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (12)7-6(5) 6-039013062.7%90.6%57.9%2/3
2012-01-16Australian OpenHardR1626🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (24)6🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)2-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-352101565.6%69.5%53.5%8/12
2011-10-09Shanghai MastersHardR3247🇯🇵Kei Nishikori8🇫🇷Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (4)6-7(1) 6-4 6-431484259.8%69.0%56.4%1/3

Wins

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Kei Nishikori
3–6Overall
1–3Grand Slam
2–3Masters 1000
2–5Hard
1–1Clay

Sets Format

40.0%2
60.0%3
Bo3
25.0%1
75.0%3
Bo5
100.0%1
0.0%0
2 Sets
20.0%1
80.0%4
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
5 Sets
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Kei Nishikori

Deciding

33.3%2
66.7%4
Decider Set
50.0%2
50.0%2
Tiebreak Wins
33.3%1
66.7%2
After 3 hours
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Kei Nishikori

Sets

41.9%13
58.1%18
All
35.3%6
64.7%11
Grand Slam
50.0%7
50.0%7
Masters 1000
40.9%9
59.1%13
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
44.4%4
55.6%5
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Kei Nishikori

Games

48.0%141
52.0%153
All
46.1%71
53.9%83
Grand Slam
50.0%70
50.0%70
Masters 1000
46.9%98
53.1%111
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
50.6%43
49.4%42
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Kei Nishikori

Overview

By Surface

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Kei Nishikori

By Round

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

Jo-Wilfried TsongaKei Nishikori
21.4%3-11
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
23.5%19-62
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
33.3%45-90
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
39.9%83-125
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
63%385-226
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
87.2%82-12
vs +100
83.6%97-19
40.9%81-117
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
76.1%386-121
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

Jo-Wilfried TsongaKei Nishikori
61.6%253-158
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
72.8%214-80
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
65.3%400-213
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
72.5%66-25
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
62.9%324-191
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
74.1%129-45
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
70.5%258-108
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
59.2%141-97
Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations