H2H data updated: 2026-09-12 00:00 UTC

Kei Nishikori vs Alexandr Dolgopolov H2H: 5-1

Kei Nishikori holds a 5–1 lead over Alexandr Dolgopolov in their ATP head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Kei Nishikori leads 4–0 on hard courts, while they are tied 1–1 on clay. Most recently, Alexandr Dolgopolov won the 2017 Argentina Open final 7-6(4) 6-4.

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Kei Nishikori
Japan Age 36 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"
H2H
5 – 1
6 main-draw meetings
Alexandr Dolgopolov
UKR Age 37 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Alexandr Dolgopolov #66 7-6(4) 6-4 Kei Nishikori #5 Match data Feb 19, 2017* F Argentina Open ATP 250 Clay
Kei Nishikori #6 7-5 6-0 Alexandr Dolgopolov #30 Match data Apr 23, 2016* QF Barcelona Open ATP 500 Clay
Kei Nishikori #6 6-2 6-2 Alexandr Dolgopolov #29 Match data Mar 28, 2016* R32 Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
Kei Nishikori #5 6-4 6-4 Alexandr Dolgopolov #33 Match data Feb 27, 2015* QF Mexican Open ATP 500 Hard
Kei Nishikori #19 6-4 7-6(3) Alexandr Dolgopolov #18 Match data Jan 5, 2013* QF Brisbane International ATP 250 Hard
Kei Nishikori #47 6-4 6-3 Alexandr Dolgopolov #18 Match data Oct 15, 2011* QF Shanghai Masters Masters 1000 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Kei Nishikori #481 #4 6,385 2,275 436 232 65.3% 0 0 0 6 6 12
Alexandr Dolgopolov #508 #13 2,030 2,017 215 200 51.8% 0 0 0 1 2 3

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Kei Nishikori Alexandr Dolgopolov
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2007 3–5 37.5% #286 1,576 0 0 2006 0–1 0.0% #265 1,485 0 0
18 2008 16–11 59.3% #63 1,758 0 1 2007 0–1 0.0% #233 1,434 0 0
19 2009 3–6 33.3% #418 1,723 0 1 — — — — — — —
20 2010 3–9 25.0% #98 1,735 0 1 2009 1–1 50.0% #131 1,520 0 0
21 2011 32–22 59.3% #25 1,923 0 1 2010 21–23 47.7% #48 1,776 0 0
22 2012 35–18 66.0% #19 2,007 0 2 2011 38–29 56.7% #15 1,847 0 1
23 2013 34–19 64.2% #17 1,946 0 3 2012 34–25 57.6% #18 1,891 0 2
24 2014 52–15 77.6% #5 2,211 0 7 2013 21–26 44.7% #57 1,806 0 2
25 2015 51–17 75.0% #8 2,153 0 10 2014 27–22 55.1% #23 1,869 0 2
26 2016 57–21 73.1% #5 2,183 0 11 2015 25–26 49.0% #36 1,824 0 2
27 2017 30–14 68.2% #22 2,080 0 11 2016 17–18 48.6% #62 1,773 0 2
28 2018 43–21 67.2% #9 2,107 0 11 2017 26–23 53.1% #38 1,905 0 3
29 2019 29–14 67.4% #13 2,002 0 12 2018 5–5 50.0% #260 1,881 0 3
30 2020 2–4 33.3% #41 1,912 0 12 — — — — — — —
31 2021 27–16 62.8% #47 1,978 0 12 — — — — — — —
33 2023 2–1 66.7% #352 1,968 0 12 — — — — — — —
34 2024 7–9 43.8% #106 1,871 0 12 — — — — — — —
35 2025 9–9 50.0% #156 1,814 0 12 — — — — — — —
36 2026 1–1 50.0% #481 1,770 0 12 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Kei Nishikori Alexandr Dolgopolov
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
17 2007 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — — 2006 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
18 2008 14 7 21 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2007 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
19 2009 3 6 9 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2009 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2011 22 14 36 61.1% 7 5 12 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 2010 11 12 23 47.8% 6 9 15 40.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
22 2012 21 11 32 65.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 7 3 10 70.0% 2011 22 16 38 57.9% 15 10 25 60.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
23 2013 24 13 37 64.9% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 2012 26 17 43 60.5% 7 6 13 53.8% 1 2 3 33.3%
24 2014 37 11 48 77.1% 10 2 12 83.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 2013 13 16 29 44.8% 5 7 12 41.7% 3 3 6 50.0%
25 2015 33 12 45 73.3% 14 3 17 82.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 2014 14 11 25 56.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
26 2016 40 15 55 72.7% 13 4 17 76.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 2015 16 18 34 47.1% 3 4 7 42.9% 6 4 10 60.0%
27 2017 15 6 21 71.4% 12 6 18 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 2016 9 11 20 45.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
28 2018 27 14 41 65.9% 11 5 16 68.8% 5 2 7 71.4% 2017 13 14 27 48.1% 12 7 19 63.2% 1 2 3 33.3%
29 2019 15 8 23 65.2% 10 5 15 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% 2018 5 3 8 62.5% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
30 2020 — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2021 17 10 27 63.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2023 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2024 6 6 12 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2025 6 6 12 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2026 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 288 151 439 65.6% 107 53 160 66.9% 41 28 69 59.4% — 130 119 249 52.2% 62 61 123 50.4% 23 20 43 53.5%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 643/668 of Kei Nishikori's and 412/415 of Alexandr Dolgopolov's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Kei Nishikori Alexandr Dolgopolov
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 2007 8/8 3.0 3.5 58.6% 69.8% 47.8% 60.4% 48.1% 60.9% 35.4% 2006 1/1 5.0 1.0 58.1% 66.7% 46.2% 50.0% 33.3% 58.1% 29.5%
18 2008 25/27 3.2 2.9 59.9% 69.1% 50.9% 57.2% 45.4% 61.8% 37.4% 2007 1/1 1.0 3.0 33.3% 69.2% 34.6% 33.3% — 46.2% 20.0%
19 2009 9/9 2.8 3.1 53.7% 64.6% 49.4% 39.4% 45.3% 57.3% 37.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 12/12 3.1 4.0 60.3% 64.3% 43.5% 45.8% 23.0% 56.4% 33.0% 2009 2/2 4.5 1.0 67.4% 71.9% 46.2% 33.3% 100.0% 63.5% 37.7%
21 2011 54/54 2.5 2.9 60.7% 68.5% 52.4% 59.5% 39.7% 62.0% 38.2% 2010 44/44 8.6 2.8 54.8% 73.2% 52.7% 62.5% 41.3% 63.8% 35.6%
22 2012 48/53 2.4 2.6 62.6% 70.0% 53.6% 55.2% 39.9% 63.6% 41.4% 2011 67/67 8.3 3.1 50.5% 75.8% 51.3% 52.9% 43.4% 63.7% 37.4%
23 2013 53/53 2.6 2.8 62.3% 68.9% 52.2% 55.7% 47.2% 62.6% 40.6% 2012 59/59 7.8 2.2 53.5% 75.6% 52.5% 60.2% 42.4% 64.8% 37.4%
24 2014 66/67 4.3 2.8 60.6% 73.4% 53.9% 63.1% 42.6% 65.6% 39.9% 2013 46/47 6.9 2.7 52.5% 75.7% 51.2% 49.2% 40.6% 64.0% 36.3%
25 2015 66/68 4.6 2.5 59.6% 74.7% 54.5% 62.3% 44.7% 66.6% 39.3% 2014 48/49 8.5 2.1 54.6% 76.0% 52.8% 61.5% 42.1% 65.3% 37.9%
26 2016 71/78 3.4 2.4 61.0% 72.3% 53.9% 64.1% 47.7% 65.1% 40.2% 2015 51/51 7.0 2.8 58.6% 74.8% 52.9% 57.8% 44.6% 65.7% 38.1%
27 2017 43/44 3.3 2.3 62.3% 71.9% 53.3% 64.2% 45.5% 64.9% 40.7% 2016 34/35 7.3 3.4 57.0% 73.0% 51.4% 58.1% 42.8% 63.4% 36.3%
28 2018 64/64 3.6 2.3 60.0% 71.3% 55.9% 60.0% 44.8% 65.2% 37.8% 2017 49/49 6.5 2.8 56.2% 74.7% 52.3% 58.7% 41.2% 64.9% 35.6%
29 2019 43/43 3.1 2.8 63.6% 70.1% 54.2% 51.2% 45.0% 64.3% 40.9% 2018 10/10 8.2 4.5 54.8% 72.1% 48.2% 59.3% 43.7% 61.3% 38.7%
30 2020 6/6 1.2 2.5 63.5% 62.2% 50.7% 57.8% 31.4% 58.0% 37.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2021 37/43 2.5 2.0 64.2% 65.6% 55.3% 57.2% 45.2% 62.0% 38.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2023 3/3 1.7 1.3 67.5% 73.8% 53.6% 52.8% 16.7% 67.2% 29.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2024 15/16 2.1 1.7 66.6% 66.7% 55.0% 58.6% 39.7% 62.7% 36.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2025 18/18 3.2 1.9 65.6% 68.6% 47.6% 53.2% 35.9% 61.9% 35.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2026 2/2 2.0 1.0 60.0% 72.0% 55.5% 0.0% 11.0% 64.0% 32.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 643/668 3.3 2.6 61.5% 70.5% 53.3% 58.6% 43.3% 63.8% 39.1% — 412/415 7.6 2.8 54.5% 74.9% 52.0% 57.3% 42.6% 64.3% 36.9%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Kei Nishikori Alexandr Dolgopolov
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
17 2007 1576 116.9 -2.68 -0.02 0.904 48.6% +35 — — 38.9% -0.83 1–1 1–1 — +0.05 2006 1485 99.0 -1.68 -6.75 0.704 43.9% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — 0–1 — +0.11
18 2008 1758 125.8 -0.30 +0.72 0.981 49.7% +19 — -131 50.8% -0.10 8–2 (80%) 4–2 (67%) 108.5 +0.07 2007 1435 100.2 -3.07 -1.78 0.371 32.9% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — 0.00
19 2009 1724 129.5 -3.16 +1.29 0.884 47.6% +12 — — 35.3% -1.06 — 1–0 — -0.98 2008 1471 106.8 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 1735 129.7 -2.46 -1.12 0.757 44.8% +5 — -69 25.9% -1.74 2–1 (67%) 3–0 (100%) 105.5 -1.08 2009 1520 105.1 -1.33 +0.32 1.031 50.1% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — +0.21
21 2011 1923 151.1 -0.10 +1.28 1.007 50.3% +11 -301 -200 53.4% +0.20 14–3 (82%) 12–9 (57%) 113.8 +0.32 2010 1777 143.2 +0.74 -0.39 0.984 49.7% -65 -104 -134 52.7% -0.15 7–13 (35%) 12–7 (63%) 100.7 -0.67
22 2012 2007 156.0 +1.03 +3.76 1.139 52.0% +15 -248 -162 59.8% +0.79 15–4 (79%) 9–8 (53%) 111.3 +1.94 2011 1847 155.9 +1.19 +0.46 1.032 50.5% +3 +12 -247 52.4% +0.17 13–4 (76%) 9–13 (41%) 106.6 +1.13
23 2013 1946 158.7 -0.22 +3.58 1.086 51.5% +28 -64 -111 62.7% +0.75 6–4 (60%) 9–7 (56%) 102.6 +3.21 2012 1892 158.6 +2.38 +0.43 1.061 50.7% +13 -26 -289 56.1% +0.44 12–12 (50%) 11–13 (46%) 96.9 +1.58
24 2014 2211 173.9 +2.73 +4.62 1.162 52.6% +18 -194 -285 68.2% +1.09 21–2 (91%) 19–10 (66%) 119.8 -0.99 2013 1807 149.8 +1.10 +0.15 1.008 50.0% +21 -54 -150 45.5% -0.26 4–7 (36%) 11–10 (52%) 97.2 +0.43
25 2015 2153 175.0 +2.66 +4.32 1.175 52.6% +22 +6 -165 69.5% +1.23 17–6 (74%) 9–12 (43%) 100.1 +2.30 2014 1869 166.5 +1.67 +2.37 1.091 51.3% +22 -42 -84 55.8% +0.39 7–10 (41%) 15–12 (56%) 99.1 -1.81
26 2016 2183 179.2 +2.13 +4.67 1.151 52.6% +16 +25 -149 69.4% +1.15 14–5 (74%) 16–9 (64%) 107.0 -1.29 2015 1824 155.6 +1.13 +2.28 1.110 51.4% 0 +16 -9 52.0% +0.32 8–11 (42%) 9–16 (36%) 92.9 +0.29
27 2017 2080 165.7 +1.81 +4.17 1.159 52.4% +66 +70 -116 63.6% +0.88 12–5 (71%) 9–10 (47%) 98.7 -0.06 2016 1773 148.1 -0.13 +0.66 0.994 49.8% +20 +75 +20 52.4% -0.05 5–7 (42%) 8–4 (67%) 98.6 +0.05
28 2018 2107 171.3 +1.83 +2.94 1.086 51.5% +11 +66 -54 62.6% +0.63 12–5 (71%) 17–5 (77%) 109.4 -1.99 2017 1905 157.7 +1.25 +0.29 1.012 50.3% -16 -27 -148 56.6% +0.20 4–6 (40%) 12–5 (71%) 101.1 -3.41
29 2019 2002 158.4 +0.34 +4.57 1.145 52.3% +1 +149 +96 62.7% +0.73 8–6 (57%) 9–7 (56%) 95.3 +1.02 2018 1881 139.9 -0.71 +0.84 1.001 50.2% +15 — — 55.6% +0.07 1–2 (33%) 4–1 (80%) 100.9 -0.78
30 2020 1913 109.6 -1.35 -0.42 0.900 47.5% — +89 — 42.1% -0.95 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) 96.6 +0.14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2021 1978 161.2 -0.40 +2.72 1.013 50.2% +38 +96 +56 55.2% +0.23 14–7 (67%) 9–8 (53%) 102.5 -2.26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2023 1968 114.7 +1.39 +0.98 0.912 49.4% +49 — — 66.7% -0.17 — 3–0 (100%) — -0.03 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2024 1872 134.6 -0.60 +0.92 0.967 49.3% +66 +121 — 45.0% -0.42 4–2 (67%) 2–2 (50%) 99.6 -0.17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2025 1814 129.1 -1.20 -0.68 0.924 48.6% +64 +99 — 47.6% -0.24 6–2 (75%) 2–2 (50%) 100.6 -1.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2026 1771 106.9 +1.35 -0.64 0.889 47.0% — — — 40.0% -0.60 1–0 0–1 — -0.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2275 168.2 +0.96 +3.18 1.082 51.3% +23 -11 -121 60.7% +0.61 156–57 (73%) 136–94 (59%) 115.6 -0.18 — 2017 158.3 +1.17 +0.76 1.034 50.5% +2 -22 -105 52.8% +0.13 61–72 (46%) 91–82 (53%) 98.2 -0.70

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.