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Karen Khachanov vs Kei Nishikori Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Karen Khachanov seasons:20262025202420232022
Kei Nishikori seasons:20252024202320212020
🇷🇺 Karen Khachanov
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
#15
2,410pts
Age: 29y 302d (1996-05-21)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
113pts
#408
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 80d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
3 - 5
Wins: 37.5% - 62.5%
Hard 0–3Clay 1–2Grass 2–0
Slam 02500 21Masters 1000 01250 11
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Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
89.6%10.4%
-864+550

H2H Preview

🇷🇺Karen Khachanov and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have met 8 times. Kei Nishikori currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 53.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇷🇺Karen Khachanov has compiled an overall career record of 319231 across 550 matches, translating to a win rate of 58.00%. On hard courts his record stands at 210158 (57.07%), while on clay he holds a 7755 (58.33%) mark. On grass the numbers read 3218 (64.00%) . Throughout his career he has won 7 titles (7 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1659 (21.33%).

🇯🇵Kei Nishikori, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 451231 from 682 matches (66.13% win rate). His hard-court record is 301152 (66.45%), on clay he stands at 10752 (67.30%), and on grass he has gone 4227 (60.87%) , with a carpet record of 10 (100.00%). He has accumulated 12 titles in total (10 hard, 2 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 4078 (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 30 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 21 (66.67% for Kei Nishikori) across 3 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 20 (100.00% for Karen Khachanov).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2025-05-19GenevaClayR1624🇷🇺Karen Khachanov (4)62🇯🇵Kei Nishikori7-5 2-5 RET3849265.5%66.7%52.6%5/8
2024-12-29Hong KongHardR16106🇯🇵Kei Nishikori19🇷🇺Karen Khachanov4-6 6-3 7-531291168.9%69.4%60.7%5/8
2021-05-31Roland GarrosClayR6449🇯🇵Kei Nishikori25🇷🇺Karen Khachanov (23)4-6 6-2 2-6 6-4 6-452390365.4%67.6%57.4%8/12
2021-05-01Madrid MastersClayR6441🇯🇵Kei Nishikori23🇷🇺Karen Khachanov6-7(6) 6-2 6-231380259.4%66.7%56.4%2/4
2018-10-22ViennaHardR1611🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (5)19🇷🇺Karen Khachanov6-2 6-23642061.4%81.5%64.7%1/1
2018-06-18HalleGrassR1636🇷🇺Karen Khachanov27🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (7)6-2 6-23777064.0%71.9%61.1%1/1
2017-06-19HalleGrassR1638🇷🇺Karen Khachanov9🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (3)3-2 RET3341266.7%85.0%10.0%1/1
2016-08-29US OpenHardR647🇯🇵Kei Nishikori (6)95🇷🇺Karen Khachanov6-4 4-6 6-4 6-351566755.6%81.4%41.1%5/8

Wins

Karen Khachanov
Kei Nishikori
35Overall
02Grand Slam
01Masters 1000
21ATP 500
11ATP 250
03Hard
12Clay
20Grass

Sets Format

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

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%3
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
Karen Khachanov
Kei Nishikori

Sets

40.9%9
59.1%13
All
33.3%3
66.7%6
Grand Slam
33.3%1
66.7%2
Masters 1000
22.2%2
77.8%7
Hard
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grass
40.0%4
60.0%6
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Karen Khachanov
Kei Nishikori

Games

45.8%92
54.2%109
All
45.9%39
54.1%46
Grand Slam
37.9%11
62.1%18
Masters 1000
40.7%35
59.3%51
Hard
71.4%15
28.6%6
Grass
44.7%42
55.3%52
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Karen Khachanov
Kei Nishikori

Overview

By Surface

Karen Khachanov
Kei Nishikori

By Tournament Level

Karen Khachanov
Kei Nishikori

By Round

Karen Khachanov
Kei Nishikori

By Opponent Ranking

Karen KhachanovKei Nishikori
0%0-11
vs Top 1
9.5%2-19
12.2%5-36
vs Top 5
26.5%18-50
21.3%16-59
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
26.9%36-98
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
53.2%244-215
vs Top 100
62.4%352-212
82%73-16
vs +100
83.6%97-19
33.9%59-115
vs Higher
41.8%94-131
69.1%257-115
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

Karen KhachanovKei Nishikori
58.8%114-80
Vs Younger
68.5%137-63
57.6%205-151
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
57.9%275-200
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%387-201
58.7%44-31
Vs Left-Handed
68.1%64-30
60.5%293-191
Vs 2H Backhand
67.9%364-172
39.4%26-40
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
58.3%288-206
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
70%14-6
Vs Taller
66%402-207

Pressure Situations