Japan

Kei Nishikori

Tennis

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Key facts

Height: 178 cm
Born: 29 December 1989
Plays: Right-handed
Tour: ATP
Born in: Matsue

Official profile

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 Atp tourJapan	3	1	–	–	2	5	31	38	1	10	4	194	121	88	41	34	4	10	220	70	3	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	298
2025 Atp tourJapan	18	9	–	1	20	24	211	224	4	57	35	1,332	868	593	225	214	68	120	1,352	498	47	114	2	5	–	–	–	2	1,904
2024 Atp tourJapan	17	8	–	–	20	24	215	231	5	31	26	1,385	948	601	239	209	69	115	1,367	494	38	114	3	7	–	1	1	1	1,510
2023 Atp tourJapan	3	2	–	–	4	2	33	34	3	5	4	210	143	106	36	32	6	11	198	62	3	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	314
2021 Atp tourJapan	41	26	–	–	65	52	581	552	17	94	77	3,541	2,278	1,473	694	508	197	327	3,558	1,396	144	373	10	9	–	4	–	–	5,230
2020 Atp tourJapan	6	2	–	–	8	11	80	98	3	7	15	555	351	217	109	86	30	59	597	231	21	63	2	2	–	–	–	–	883
2019 Atp tourJapan	43	29	1	1	77	47	666	571	17	132	119	3,826	2,431	1,690	743	607	176	300	3,994	1,624	174	416	18	11	–	–	–	1	5,567
2018 Atp tourJapan	64	43	–	3	103	62	846	741	22	229	144	4,970	2,995	2,140	1,084	784	247	393	5,036	1,932	191	448	15	22	3	–	–	1	7,165
2017 Atp tourJapan	43	30	–	2	77	44	638	532	19	140	101	3,674	2,283	1,631	725	575	194	305	3,789	1,527	165	385	12	13	–	–	–	1	5,329
2016 Atp tourJapan	77	57	1	5	136	61	1,069	851	25	255	179	6,002	3,651	2,634	1,301	877	306	454	6,090	2,397	249	619	19	27	4	6	–	2	8,480
2015 Atp tourJapan	66	50	3	4	116	52	918	720	22	306	168	5,048	3,023	2,261	1,108	809	205	320	5,305	2,079	215	540	11	22	3	–	–	2	7,138
2014 Atp tourJapan	66	52	4	6	119	55	943	753	29	286	186	5,219	3,154	2,314	1,109	825	238	371	5,398	2,126	232	554	16	17	4	–	–	2	7,245
2013 Atp tourJapan	53	34	1	1	80	48	652	561	16	140	150	3,787	2,379	1,643	727	594	173	305	3,932	1,619	181	420	12	21	–	–	–	2	5,191
2012 Atp tourJapan	52	35	1	1	81	53	685	574	17	133	131	3,842	2,463	1,697	734	616	189	323	4,260	1,774	194	493	11	14	–	4	–	1	5,906
2011 Atp tourJapan	54	32	–	2	71	63	658	634	21	137	158	4,160	2,521	1,719	852	640	227	377	4,114	1,592	156	403	7	11	–	–	–	1	6,019
2010 Atp tourJapan	12	3	–	–	8	22	120	172	4	37	48	954	570	382	173	143	56	102	989	352	18	81	6	–	–	–	–	2	1,341
2009 Atp tourJapan	9	3	–	–	6	11	74	94	1	25	28	521	283	181	117	83	21	50	503	186	19	47	1	1	–	–	–	1	667
2008 Atp tourJapan	26	15	1	1	34	31	315	309	6	85	79	2,013	1,200	835	411	308	101	173	1,980	753	75	183	5	2	–	1	–	2	2,572
2007 Atp tourJapan	8	3	–	–	7	11	75	90	2	24	28	557	328	233	107	82	37	60	501	180	15	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	659
Career19 seasons	661	434	12	27	1,034	678	8,810	7,779	234	2,133	1,680	51,790	31,990	22,438	10,535	8,026	2,544	4,175	53,183	20,892	2,140	5,316	150	184	14	16	1	21	73,418

Game log, 2026 Atp tour

Game
Tokyo: Round of 32 v Frances TiafoeL 0-2 30 Sept	0	–	–	0	2	8	12	0	6	2	52	30	22	12	10	4	7	54	16	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	75
Washington: Round of 16 v Rafael JodarL 0-2 27 July	0	–	–	0	2	5	12	0	0	2	45	21	15	10	8	0	3	57	17	0	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	70
Washington: Round of 32 v Juncheng ShangW 2-1 27 July	1	–	–	2	1	18	14	1	4	0	97	70	51	19	16	0	0	109	37	2	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	153

Splits, Atp tour

Split
WinsResult	434	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	0.5	15.6	10.5	0.4	3.8	2.5	80.1	49.4	36.2	17.2	12.6	3.5	5.3	84.4	35.7	4.2	9.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	114
LossesResult	227	0.0	–	0.1	0.4	2.1	9.0	14.2	0.3	2.2	2.7	75.1	46.4	29.6	13.5	11.3	4.4	8.3	72.9	23.7	1.5	5.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	–	0.1	105
Regular seasonStage · won 336 of 475	475	0.7	–	–	1.7	0.9	14.0	11.7	0.4	3.3	2.7	80.0	49.6	34.9	16.3	12.4	3.8	6.2	82.7	33.2	3.5	8.5	0.3	0.3	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	113
FinalsStage · won 98 of 186	186	0.5	0.1	0.1	1.2	1.2	11.7	11.8	0.3	3.1	2.3	74.1	45.3	31.6	14.9	11.4	4.0	6.5	74.8	27.5	2.6	6.9	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	–	0.0	107
Novak DjokovicOpponent · won 2 of 20	20	0.1	–	0.1	0.6	2.1	8.9	14.9	0.3	3.0	2.6	81.8	49.6	30.5	13.9	11.6	5.4	10.0	74.1	24.5	1.8	5.0	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	–	0.1	117
Marin CilicOpponent · won 10 of 16	16	0.6	–	0.1	1.5	1.4	14.2	14.6	0.4	4.1	3.4	91.3	54.7	38.4	18.6	14.0	5.5	8.4	91.4	32.6	2.7	8.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	–	–	0.1	138
David FerrerOpponent · won 10 of 14	14	0.7	–	0.1	1.6	1.1	13.4	12.9	0.3	3.1	2.7	86.1	53.6	35.6	14.7	12.7	4.7	8.6	86.9	36.5	4.4	10.3	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	–	–	125
Rafael NadalOpponent · won 2 of 14	14	0.1	–	0.2	0.5	2.0	9.9	13.9	0.2	2.6	2.4	75.6	47.4	30.1	13.4	10.6	4.5	8.2	76.7	27.0	1.7	7.1	0.3	0.4	–	0.1	–	0.1	123
Richard GasquetOpponent · won 3 of 11	11	0.3	–	–	0.8	1.5	9.5	12.2	0.4	3.2	2.9	69.2	43.3	29.5	12.1	10.5	4.3	7.3	71.6	26.0	1.9	6.3	0.1	0.5	–	–	–	0.1	102
Roger FedererOpponent · won 3 of 11	11	0.3	–	0.1	0.9	1.8	11.7	15.0	0.4	2.1	2.9	88.2	53.4	34.6	18.0	13.0	4.6	8.1	78.5	24.7	2.0	5.3	0.2	0.4	0.3	–	–	–	110
Sam QuerreyOpponent · won 7 of 11	11	0.6	–	–	1.4	1.1	12.4	12.4	0.5	4.9	1.9	75.7	44.6	33.4	17.7	11.8	3.5	5.1	76.9	24.5	1.7	5.5	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	96.7
Stan WawrinkaOpponent · won 4 of 11	11	0.4	–	–	1.0	1.6	12.5	14.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	85.4	52.9	36.5	17.4	13.0	4.7	7.5	79.8	26.2	2.0	5.5	0.3	0.4	0.1	–	–	–	119
Andy MurrayOpponent · won 2 of 10	10	0.2	–	–	0.7	1.9	9.4	14.3	0.2	0.6	3.2	75.2	44.2	28.1	12.6	10.8	4.8	9.4	74.1	26.6	2.6	5.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	–	0.1	117
Benoit PaireOpponent · won 7 of 9	9	0.8	–	–	2.2	1.1	18.6	13.9	0.6	2.4	3.3	103	65.9	47.8	19.2	16.1	4.8	7.6	105	44.0	5.1	11.3	0.4	0.1	–	–	–	–	134
Jeremy ChardyOpponent · won 7 of 9	9	0.8	–	–	1.9	0.6	13.7	9.4	0.6	3.0	2.4	72.8	46.8	33.8	14.0	11.3	3.1	5.1	78.4	34.7	4.0	10.0	0.2	0.3	–	–	–	–	104
Jo-Wilfried TsongaOpponent · won 6 of 9	9	0.7	–	–	2.0	1.4	17.0	15.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	103	63.8	44.3	21.1	15.9	5.7	8.7	103	38.4	3.9	10.1	0.4	0.6	–	–	–	–	153
Kevin AndersonOpponent · won 5 of 9	9	0.6	0.1	0.2	1.2	1.1	11.2	11.7	0.6	2.6	1.8	69.9	40.7	30.7	16.9	11.0	3.0	4.6	69.0	21.8	1.7	4.1	–	0.3	0.1	–	–	–	106
Mikhail KukushkinOpponent · won 9 of 9	9	1.0	–	–	2.2	0.3	14.8	9.4	0.0	3.8	1.4	78.0	47.4	33.2	17.7	12.4	4.6	6.3	80.2	35.2	4.1	9.9	0.2	0.1	–	–	–	–	113
Juan Martin del PotroOpponent · won 2 of 8	8	0.3	–	–	0.5	1.8	9.1	13.1	0.4	2.6	2.3	69.8	40.8	27.4	13.5	10.8	4.8	8.3	70.8	24.1	1.9	5.4	0.3	0.3	–	0.1	–	–	109
Karen KhachanovOpponent · won 5 of 8	8	0.6	–	–	1.5	1.0	13.6	11.5	0.1	1.4	2.0	81.1	48.3	34.5	17.0	9.6	3.9	6.1	78.8	31.0	3.4	8.0	0.3	0.1	–	–	–	0.3	115
Donald YoungOpponent · won 7 of 7	7	1.0	–	–	2.1	0.3	14.4	8.6	0.3	3.3	1.4	70.6	43.0	30.9	16.0	11.3	1.9	3.3	71.9	32.1	4.3	9.1	0.1	0.1	–	–	–	–	96.7
Feliciano LopezOpponent · won 4 of 7	7	0.6	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.9	11.4	9.7	0.7	2.4	1.6	62.1	38.7	27.9	14.4	10.1	2.7	4.0	69.0	26.4	2.3	6.7	–	0.6	–	–	–	–	89.7
Fernando VerdascoOpponent · won 5 of 7	7	0.7	–	–	1.7	1.3	15.3	14.1	0.6	2.9	3.6	97.4	58.9	41.6	18.1	14.7	6.4	9.9	95.7	37.6	3.9	10.1	0.4	0.3	–	–	–	0.1	136
Albert RamosOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	0.8	–	–	1.7	0.5	13.2	9.2	0.7	1.3	3.0	69.7	39.8	30.3	17.0	9.5	2.8	3.8	74.8	30.0	2.3	9.0	–	0.3	–	0.2	–	–	114
Alexander ZverevOpponent · won 1 of 6	6	0.2	–	–	0.7	2.0	9.5	14.3	0.0	1.2	1.2	78.2	48.7	27.8	15.0	11.7	4.7	9.0	71.0	24.2	2.2	4.2	0.2	0.5	–	–	–	–	111
Alexandr DolgopolovOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	0.8	–	0.2	1.7	0.3	12.0	7.8	0.3	2.5	0.5	59.5	37.3	27.3	13.8	9.7	4.0	4.8	75.0	31.8	3.0	8.8	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	88.0
Grigor DimitrovOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	0.8	–	0.2	1.8	0.7	14.2	11.5	0.3	4.3	1.2	76.2	49.0	36.2	15.3	12.5	3.2	4.7	83.8	31.8	3.0	8.2	–	0.7	–	–	–	–	116
Milos RaonicOpponent · won 4 of 6	6	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.8	1.5	18.7	18.5	1.7	5.8	3.0	111	71.0	53.3	25.5	17.5	4.2	6.0	118	35.3	2.0	8.3	0.3	0.2	–	–	–	–	158
Santiago GiraldoOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	0.8	0.2	0.2	1.8	0.8	14.2	10.5	0.3	3.0	2.2	78.7	44.7	32.0	19.3	12.3	4.3	6.2	82.5	33.7	3.3	9.2	0.2	0.5	–	–	–	–	114
Tomas BerdychOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	0.8	–	–	1.8	0.8	14.2	11.0	0.2	2.5	2.2	71.0	41.5	31.2	17.2	12.5	2.2	4.0	82.7	33.3	3.3	8.7	–	0.3	0.2	–	–	–	119
Viktor TroickiOpponent · won 5 of 6	6	0.8	–	–	1.7	0.5	12.2	8.2	0.0	1.5	2.0	63.8	38.0	26.8	14.2	10.2	3.2	5.3	63.8	28.7	4.2	7.8	–	0.8	–	–	–	–	85.8
Andreas SeppiOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	0.6	–	–	1.6	1.0	13.0	12.2	0.4	1.8	2.2	81.2	49.0	33.0	18.0	12.6	3.8	6.6	78.0	30.2	2.8	7.0	0.2	0.4	–	–	–	0.2	108
Bernard TomicOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	0.6	–	–	1.6	1.0	14.4	12.6	1.0	10.0	2.2	86.4	57.2	42.6	16.0	13.0	3.8	5.4	97.0	35.8	2.4	9.2	0.2	0.2	–	0.2	–	–	110
Dominic ThiemOpponent · won 3 of 5	5	0.6	–	–	1.4	1.0	11.4	11.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	75.4	47.4	33.2	14.6	11.4	5.8	8.2	70.0	24.8	2.2	6.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	–	–	–	102
Gael MonfilsOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	0.8	–	–	1.6	1.0	15.8	13.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	95.8	54.2	36.8	28.2	11.0	4.8	7.2	88.4	29.6	3.2	6.4	0.2	0.4	–	0.2	–	–	130
Janko TipsarevicOpponent · won 0 of 5	5	0.0	–	–	0.2	2.0	8.6	12.6	0.2	2.0	3.4	67.8	42.8	29.4	11.6	10.6	2.8	5.6	63.6	18.6	0.8	4.2	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
Julien BenneteauOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.0	0.8	15.2	13.0	0.6	3.8	3.2	82.8	52.2	38.2	16.0	13.8	2.4	5.0	93.4	38.2	3.4	7.4	0.4	0.2	–	–	–	–	120
Marcos BaghdatisOpponent · won 1 of 5	5	0.2	–	–	0.4	1.6	6.4	10.6	0.0	0.8	2.6	48.0	29.0	15.8	9.0	8.2	1.8	5.6	52.2	19.2	2.0	5.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	67.2
Marinko MatosevicOpponent · won 5 of 5	5	1.0	–	–	2.0	0.4	14.0	7.8	0.0	5.0	1.8	68.2	43.4	30.6	14.4	10.6	2.8	4.2	78.6	37.8	4.8	10.0	0.2	0.2	–	–	–	–	101
Pablo AndujarOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	0.8	0.2	0.2	1.6	0.4	11.4	8.0	0.2	2.6	1.4	59.4	37.8	28.0	11.8	9.6	2.4	3.8	69.2	30.0	3.0	8.4	0.2	0.4	–	–	–	–	90.2
Roberto Bautista AgutOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	0.8	–	–	1.8	1.0	14.8	10.6	0.2	4.0	2.2	80.6	47.0	35.0	17.6	12.6	3.0	4.8	84.0	35.2	4.0	9.8	0.2	0.4	–	–	–	–	115
Steve JohnsonOpponent · won 5 of 5	5	1.0	–	–	2.4	0.2	16.4	10.0	0.8	5.8	2.8	81.0	51.2	39.6	18.0	12.8	2.8	3.6	87.8	35.6	3.8	8.6	0.4	0.2	–	–	–	–	107
Teymuraz GabashviliOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	0.8	–	–	1.8	0.2	12.0	8.0	0.2	2.6	2.4	60.2	37.2	29.0	13.6	10.2	2.2	3.4	63.4	25.8	2.8	7.2	0.2	–	–	–	–	0.2	82.4
Andrey KuznetsovOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	2.3	0.8	18.0	13.0	0.3	5.0	1.8	98.0	63.0	44.8	19.3	15.8	4.0	6.8	91.8	38.5	5.0	8.0	0.8	–	–	–	–	0.3	122
Benjamin BeckerOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	2.0	1.0	14.8	11.0	0.3	5.0	2.8	75.3	47.0	32.8	16.5	12.8	4.0	6.8	81.3	36.0	4.5	8.3	0.3	–	–	–	–	–	100
Daniel EvansOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	0.5	–	–	1.5	1.8	14.0	16.0	0.3	1.5	3.5	92.8	54.8	36.3	17.8	14.8	5.8	10.5	99.5	39.5	3.8	12.3	0.5	0.5	–	–	–	–	150
Daniil MedvedevOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.3	1.3	12.3	11.8	0.0	2.3	2.5	71.8	41.5	29.5	16.0	12.0	3.5	6.0	79.5	30.3	2.8	7.8	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	109
David GoffinOpponent · won 4 of 4	4	1.0	–	–	2.0	0.3	13.3	8.0	0.3	5.0	1.8	69.3	42.3	31.3	14.0	10.8	3.0	4.5	68.8	30.0	3.8	6.5	–	0.8	–	–	–	–	95.3
Denis ShapovalovOpponent · won 2 of 4	4	0.5	–	–	1.3	1.0	10.3	11.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	60.5	35.0	25.0	13.0	10.3	2.3	4.3	71.5	27.0	1.5	5.5	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	91.3
Diego SchwartzmanOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	1.8	1.3	14.8	12.3	0.0	3.8	1.8	90.8	58.0	38.8	13.5	13.3	7.5	11.5	91.3	42.5	5.5	11.8	0.3	0.5	–	–	–	–	133
Fabio FogniniOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	1.8	1.0	14.5	12.0	0.3	3.3	2.5	81.3	52.3	36.0	14.3	13.0	6.0	8.8	90.8	38.8	4.3	10.5	0.3	0.8	–	–	–	–	117
Gilles MullerOpponent · won 4 of 4	4	1.0	–	–	2.0	0.5	14.0	10.5	0.5	5.5	2.3	74.5	48.8	36.0	14.5	12.0	3.0	4.5	69.5	24.3	3.0	6.3	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	101
Guillermo Garcia LopezOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	1.8	0.5	12.0	9.0	0.0	2.8	1.5	69.3	40.3	29.3	16.0	10.8	5.0	6.8	72.5	29.8	3.0	8.0	0.3	0.3	–	–	–	0.3	97.8
Ivan DodigOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	1.8	0.8	12.8	11.5	0.3	3.0	2.0	75.3	52.5	36.8	11.5	12.0	2.8	5.0	71.0	27.3	2.8	4.5	0.3	0.3	–	–	–	–	99.5
Ivo KarlovicOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.0	0.5	16.5	14.3	1.0	5.8	2.8	85.8	59.0	47.5	17.8	15.0	1.8	2.5	91.8	27.3	1.3	5.8	0.5	–	–	–	–	0.3	120
James BlakeOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.5	1.0	12.3	11.0	0.0	2.8	1.3	73.3	45.8	32.3	14.5	11.8	3.5	5.8	65.0	23.0	2.8	5.0	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	83.8
Joao SousaOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	1.8	0.3	13.3	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	62.3	38.5	27.3	14.0	10.0	2.5	4.0	67.5	31.0	4.5	8.5	0.3	0.3	–	–	–	0.3	95.5
Jordan ThompsonOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	1.8	0.8	14.3	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	76.3	51.8	36.5	14.5	12.0	3.0	4.5	77.0	30.0	3.3	6.0	0.3	–	–	–	–	–	120
Juncheng ShangOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	1.0	0.8	10.8	9.8	0.5	4.8	0.8	61.0	40.5	29.5	12.8	10.3	1.5	2.8	64.5	22.5	1.5	6.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	94.0
Jurgen MelzerOpponent · won 3 of 4	4	0.8	–	–	1.5	1.3	13.5	12.3	0.3	5.0	4.5	83.5	55.8	39.5	12.3	12.8	4.5	7.5	72.8	28.3	3.8	6.8	0.3	0.5	–	–	–	–	100

Most played opponents

Wins-losses for Nishikori. Tap a rival for the full head to head.

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Tennis history by Jeff Sackmann / Tennis Abstract (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).