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

Karen Khachanov seasons:20262025202420232022
Kei Nishikori seasons:20262025202420232021
🇷🇺 Karen Khachanov
🇯🇵 Kei Nishikori
#48
1,050pts
Age: 30y 95d (1996-05-21)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
95pts
#470
(1989-12-29) Age: 36y 238d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
3 - 5
Wins: 37.5% - 62.5%
Hard 0–3Clay 1–2Grass 2–0
Slam 0–2500 2–1Masters 1000 0–1250 1–1
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Match Prediction

FavoriteUnderdog
88.2%11.8%
-746+495

H2H Preview

🇷🇺Karen Khachanov and 🇯🇵Kei Nishikori have met 8 times. Kei Nishikori currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇷🇺Karen Khachanov has compiled an overall career record of 329–243 across 572 matches, translating to a win rate of 57.52%. On hard courts his record stands at 211–162 (56.57%), while on clay he holds a 84–61 (57.93%) mark. On grass the numbers read 34–20 (62.96%) . Throughout his career he has won 7 titles (7 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 16–60 (21.05%).

🇯🇵Kei Nishikori, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 452–232 from 684 matches (66.08% win rate). His hard-court record is 302–153 (66.37%), 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 2–1 (66.67% for Kei Nishikori) across 3 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for Karen Khachanov).

Dateâ–¼
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
3–5Overall
0–2Grand Slam
0–1Masters 1000
2–1ATP 500
1–1ATP 250
0–3Hard
1–2Clay
2–0Grass

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
21.1%16-60
vs Top 10
33.9%40-78
26.7%36-99
vs Top 20
41.7%80-112
52.7%250-224
vs Top 100
62.3%352-213
80.2%77-19
vs +100
83.8%98-19
33.7%59-116
vs Higher
41.9%95-132
67.9%267-126
vs Lower
78%355-100

Opponent Breakdown

Karen KhachanovKei Nishikori
56.9%119-90
Vs Younger
68.3%138-64
57.9%210-153
Vs Older
65.1%314-168
57.5%284-210
Vs Right-Handed
65.7%387-202
57.7%45-33
Vs Left-Handed
68.4%65-30
60%303-202
Vs 2H Backhand
67.8%365-173
38.8%26-41
Vs 1H Backhand
59.1%81-56
57.8%298-218
Vs Shorter
69.8%30-13
70%14-6
Vs Taller
66%403-208

Pressure Situations