H2H data updated: 2026-09-05 00:00 UTC

Kei Nishikori vs Donald Young H2H: 7-0

Kei Nishikori holds a 7–0 lead over Donald Young in their ATP head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, Kei Nishikori leads 7–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Kei Nishikori won the 2018 Washington Open second round 6-3 6-4.

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Kei Nishikori
Japan Age 36 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"
H2H
7 – 0
7 main-draw meetings
Donald Young
USA Age 37 Left-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kei Nishikori #20 6-3 6-4 Donald Young #234 Match data Aug 2, 2018* R32 Washington Open ATP 500 Hard
Kei Nishikori #9 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) Donald Young #58 Match data Aug 3, 2017* R32 Washington Open ATP 500 Hard
Kei Nishikori #5 6-2 6-4 Donald Young #60 Match data Mar 16, 2017* R16 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard
Kei Nishikori #5 4-6 6-2 6-2 Donald Young #81 Match data Oct 6, 2016* R32 Japan Open ATP 500 Hard
Kei Nishikori #7 6-4 7-6(4) Donald Young #57 Match data Oct 3, 2014* R16 Japan Open ATP 500 Hard
Kei Nishikori #17 7-5 6-1 6-0 Donald Young #91 Match data Jan 19, 2014* R32 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Kei Nishikori #22 6-3 6-3 Donald Young #200 Match data Feb 22, 2013* R16 Memphis ATP 500 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
Donald Young #1,350 #38 1,039 1,932 125 188 39.9% 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Donald Young
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 2005 0–7 0.0% #553 1,402 0 0
16 — — — — — — — 2006 0–3 0.0% #494 1,380 0 0
17 2007 3–5 37.5% #286 1,576 0 0 2007 3–3 50.0% #100 1,423 0 0
18 2008 16–11 59.3% #63 1,758 0 1 2008 8–20 28.6% #138 1,485 0 0
19 2009 3–6 33.3% #418 1,723 0 1 2009 0–4 0.0% #194 1,522 0 0
20 2010 3–9 25.0% #98 1,735 0 1 2010 3–6 33.3% #127 1,555 0 0
21 2011 32–22 59.3% #25 1,923 0 1 2011 19–17 52.8% #39 1,800 0 0
22 2012 35–18 66.0% #19 2,007 0 2 2012 5–24 17.2% #190 1,587 0 0
23 2013 34–19 64.2% #17 1,946 0 3 2013 2–3 40.0% #96 1,696 0 0
24 2014 52–15 77.6% #5 2,211 0 7 2014 18–21 46.2% #57 1,759 0 0
25 2015 51–17 75.0% #8 2,153 0 10 2015 21–22 48.8% #48 1,828 0 0
26 2016 57–21 73.1% #5 2,183 0 11 2016 18–21 46.2% #88 1,800 0 0
27 2017 30–14 68.2% #22 2,080 0 11 2017 25–22 53.2% #61 1,786 0 0
28 2018 43–21 67.2% #9 2,107 0 11 2018 3–12 20.0% #248 1,727 0 0
29 2019 29–14 67.4% #13 2,002 0 12 2019 0–2 0.0% #230 1,648 0 0
30 2020 2–4 33.3% #41 1,912 0 12 — — — — — — —
31 2021 27–16 62.8% #47 1,978 0 12 2021 0–1 0.0% #411 1,604 0 0
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 Donald Young
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 %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 0 6 6 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — —
17 2007 3 5 8 37.5% — — — — — — — — 2007 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — —
18 2008 14 7 21 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2008 6 14 20 30.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
19 2009 3 6 9 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2009 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — —
20 2010 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2010 3 5 8 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
21 2011 22 14 36 61.1% 7 5 12 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 2011 16 13 29 55.2% — — — — 3 4 7 42.9%
22 2012 21 11 32 65.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 7 3 10 70.0% 2012 5 14 19 26.3% 0 6 6 0.0% 0 4 4 0.0%
23 2013 24 13 37 64.9% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 2013 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — —
24 2014 37 11 48 77.1% 10 2 12 83.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 2014 13 16 29 44.8% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 3 4 25.0%
25 2015 33 12 45 73.3% 14 3 17 82.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 2015 21 15 36 58.3% 0 4 4 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
26 2016 40 15 55 72.7% 13 4 17 76.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 2016 11 15 26 42.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
27 2017 15 6 21 71.4% 12 6 18 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 2017 20 15 35 57.1% 0 4 4 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
28 2018 27 14 41 65.9% 11 5 16 68.8% 5 2 7 71.4% 2018 3 10 13 23.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
29 2019 15 8 23 65.2% 10 5 15 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% 2019 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% 2021 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
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% — 103 139 242 42.6% 7 25 32 21.9% 15 24 39 38.5%

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 310/313 of Donald Young'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 Donald Young
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%
15 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2005 7/7 2.0 2.6 61.8% 55.4% 43.7% 41.0% 38.9% 50.9% 32.9%
16 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 3/3 1.3 4.3 54.6% 47.1% 35.8% 15.7% 4.2% 41.9% 32.0%
17 2007 8/8 3.0 3.5 58.6% 69.8% 47.8% 60.4% 48.1% 60.9% 35.4% 2007 5/6 5.2 4.4 56.0% 75.2% 48.1% 63.4% 33.9% 63.1% 37.1%
18 2008 25/27 3.2 2.9 59.9% 69.1% 50.9% 57.2% 45.4% 61.8% 37.4% 2008 28/28 3.1 3.4 59.1% 66.0% 48.4% 61.2% 38.5% 58.9% 34.4%
19 2009 9/9 2.8 3.1 53.7% 64.6% 49.4% 39.4% 45.3% 57.3% 37.7% 2009 4/4 3.5 3.3 54.8% 66.6% 47.1% 54.6% 38.1% 56.1% 31.9%
20 2010 12/12 3.1 4.0 60.3% 64.3% 43.5% 45.8% 23.0% 56.4% 33.0% 2010 9/9 3.7 4.0 59.6% 67.5% 46.6% 53.3% 56.3% 59.1% 36.1%
21 2011 54/54 2.5 2.9 60.7% 68.5% 52.4% 59.5% 39.7% 62.0% 38.2% 2011 36/36 2.8 3.4 63.9% 67.3% 52.8% 54.0% 44.8% 61.9% 38.8%
22 2012 48/53 2.4 2.6 62.6% 70.0% 53.6% 55.2% 39.9% 63.6% 41.4% 2012 28/29 2.1 4.1 60.4% 63.8% 41.9% 52.3% 35.2% 54.9% 37.0%
23 2013 53/53 2.6 2.8 62.3% 68.9% 52.2% 55.7% 47.2% 62.6% 40.6% 2013 5/5 2.6 4.4 64.6% 62.3% 53.6% 60.7% 48.4% 57.6% 48.2%
24 2014 66/67 4.3 2.8 60.6% 73.4% 53.9% 63.1% 42.6% 65.6% 39.9% 2014 39/39 3.1 3.7 62.4% 69.1% 50.6% 52.6% 38.9% 62.2% 38.0%
25 2015 66/68 4.6 2.5 59.6% 74.7% 54.5% 62.3% 44.7% 66.6% 39.3% 2015 43/43 3.6 4.5 55.4% 69.5% 50.3% 49.7% 38.9% 61.1% 36.9%
26 2016 71/78 3.4 2.4 61.0% 72.3% 53.9% 64.1% 47.7% 65.1% 40.2% 2016 39/39 3.6 3.7 57.6% 70.7% 51.0% 60.9% 40.9% 62.7% 37.1%
27 2017 43/44 3.3 2.3 62.3% 71.9% 53.3% 64.2% 45.5% 64.9% 40.7% 2017 46/47 4.2 4.0 60.9% 69.1% 50.0% 58.3% 45.0% 61.5% 33.4%
28 2018 64/64 3.6 2.3 60.0% 71.3% 55.9% 60.0% 44.8% 65.2% 37.8% 2018 15/15 2.7 4.4 60.3% 63.1% 48.9% 51.9% 43.4% 57.0% 33.3%
29 2019 43/43 3.1 2.8 63.6% 70.1% 54.2% 51.2% 45.0% 64.3% 40.9% 2019 2/2 1.0 2.5 59.3% 54.4% 44.2% 50.0% 17.1% 50.5% 37.2%
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% 2021 1/1 4.0 6.0 58.9% 65.1% 36.7% 50.0% 50.0% 53.4% 29.4%
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% — 310/313 3.2 3.9 59.8% 67.4% 49.2% 54.7% 40.7% 60.0% 36.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. 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 Donald Young
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
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 1483 94.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 1402 94.5 -5.39 -2.99 0.671 41.9% +21 — — 0.0% -3.27 — 0–2 — +0.58
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1381 91.8 -3.44 -2.20 0.550 36.6% +7 — — 12.5% -4.00 — — — +0.11
17 2007 1576 116.9 -2.68 -0.02 0.904 48.6% +35 — — 38.9% -0.83 1–1 1–1 — +0.05 2007 1424 114.0 -0.74 +1.71 1.007 49.9% +6 — — 43.8% -0.06 1–1 0–2 — +0.03
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 2008 1486 119.6 -3.47 -1.98 0.836 47.1% +9 -17 +42 33.8% -1.07 3–4 (43%) 2–8 (20%) 97.9 +0.92
19 2009 1724 129.5 -3.16 +1.29 0.884 47.6% +12 — — 35.3% -1.06 — 1–0 — -0.98 2009 1522 111.1 -0.60 -1.54 0.727 44.6% +11 — — 18.2% -2.09 0–1 1–0 — -0.14
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 2010 1556 118.9 -1.42 -0.33 0.883 48.4% +27 — — 34.8% -0.78 0–1 0–2 — -0.09
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 2011 1801 137.2 -0.51 +1.10 1.019 50.0% +33 — -239 49.4% -0.15 5–4 (56%) 9–7 (56%) 104.7 +2.05
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 2012 1588 122.1 -6.32 +0.15 0.820 45.9% +58 -147 -95 27.8% -1.51 4–9 (31%) 5–8 (38%) 92.3 +0.45
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 2013 1696 130.6 -1.46 +1.87 1.137 52.9% +51 — — 30.0% -0.20 — — — -0.08
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 2014 1760 144.1 -1.19 +1.54 1.003 50.0% -2 -165 -294 46.0% -0.18 6–8 (43%) 8–7 (53%) 104.5 +0.24
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 2015 1829 152.7 -2.57 +1.65 0.948 49.2% +46 -252 -393 47.7% -0.19 8–5 (62%) 5–2 (71%) 106.3 -0.51
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 2016 1801 143.0 -1.36 +0.89 0.994 50.0% +6 -187 -184 44.7% -0.19 4–5 (44%) 5–7 (42%) 98.9 +0.47
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 2017 1786 149.2 -1.67 -1.82 0.865 48.1% +15 -212 -63 47.2% -0.47 8–5 (62%) 12–4 (75%) 109.1 -0.96
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 2018 1727 131.1 -4.14 -0.47 0.774 45.1% +69 — — 22.2% -1.86 2–2 (50%) 4–5 (44%) 98.3 -1.41
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 2019 1649 106.1 -2.97 +1.63 0.752 43.2% — — — 0.0% -3.25 — — — -0.14
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 2020 1629 99.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2021 1604 96.3 -1.00 +0.69 0.631 43.5% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — -0.13
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1574 93.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2023 1968 114.7 +1.39 +0.98 0.912 49.4% +49 — — 66.7% -0.17 — 3–0 (100%) — -0.03 2023 1533 95.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 +1.38 -0.67 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 — 1933 139.0 -2.33 +0.16 0.907 48.3% +26 -163 -164 39.9% -0.68 41–45 (48%) 51–54 (49%) 103.1 +0.45

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.