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Jurgen Melzer vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jurgen Melzer seasons:20182017201620152014
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
🇦🇹 Jurgen Melzer
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
Age: 44y 321d (1981-05-22)
Hand: L
Backhand: 2H
88pts
#485
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 100d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
1 - 3
Wins: 25.0% - 75.0%
Hard 1–2Clay 0–1Grass 0–0
Slam 1–0Masters 1000 0–2500 0–1
WLLL
LWWW

Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
11.7%88.3%
+500-757

H2H Preview

🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have met 4 times. Kei Nishikori currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer has compiled an overall career record of 350–334 across 684 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.17%. On hard courts his record stands at 180–173 (50.99%), while on clay he holds a 123–114 (51.90%) mark. On grass the numbers read 39–35 (52.70%) , and on carpet 8–12 (40.00%). Throughout his career he has won 5 titles (4 hard, 1 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 13–60 (17.81%).

🇯🇵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 Kei Nishikori) across 1 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2013-10-07Shanghai MastersHardR3218🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (12)25🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer6-4 3-6 6-131084472.3%75.0%43.5%7/9
2013-09-30TokyoHardR3213🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (4)26🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer6-7(4) 7-5 6-2312811564.6%76.6%45.7%5/8
2013-05-05Madrid MastersClayR6416🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (14)33🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer6-3 6-23622378.0%80.4%38.5%2/2
2009-01-19Australian OpenHardR12832🇦🇹Jurgen Melzer (31)59🇯🇵Kei Nishikori7-5 6-2 6-151026260.3%83.0%51.6%5/7

Wins

Jurgen Melzer
Kei Nishikori
1–3Overall
1–0Grand Slam
0–2Masters 1000
0–1ATP 500
1–2Hard
0–1Clay

Sets Format

0.0%0
100.0%3
Bo3
100.0%1
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%1
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
Jurgen Melzer
Kei Nishikori

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%2
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jurgen Melzer
Kei Nishikori

Sets

45.5%5
54.5%6
All
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grand Slam
20.0%1
80.0%4
Masters 1000
55.6%5
44.4%4
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%2
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jurgen Melzer
Kei Nishikori

Games

47.6%49
52.4%54
All
70.4%19
29.6%8
Grand Slam
37.2%16
62.8%27
Masters 1000
51.2%44
48.8%42
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
29.4%5
70.6%12
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jurgen Melzer
Kei Nishikori

Overview

By Surface

Jurgen Melzer
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

Jurgen Melzer
Kei Nishikori

By Round

Jurgen Melzer
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

Jurgen MelzerKei Nishikori
50%1-1
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
16.7%5-25
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
17.8%13-60
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
26.6%38-105
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
46.9%246-279
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
65.4%104-55
vs +100
83.6%97-19
36.8%112-192
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
62.6%238-142
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

Jurgen MelzerKei Nishikori
48.9%222-232
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
55.7%128-102
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
50.3%299-296
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
56.8%50-38
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
47.2%202-226
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
57.1%108-81
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
53.6%90-78
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
50.6%201-196
Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations