H2H data updated: 2026-09-06 00:00 UTC

Kei Nishikori vs Gilles Simon H2H: 1-1 (incl. walkovers)

Kei Nishikori vs Gilles Simon: 1–0 excluding walkovers; 1–1 including 1 walkover. Across 2 main-draw results including walkovers, Kei Nishikori leads 1–0 on clay, while Gilles Simon leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Kei Nishikori won the 2018 Roland Garros third round 6-3 6-1 6-3.

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Kei Nishikori
Japan Age 36 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"
H2H including walkovers
1 – 1
2 main-draw results
Gilles Simon
FRA Age 41 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kei Nishikori #21 6-3 6-1 6-3 Gilles Simon #65 Match data Jun 2, 2018* R32 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Gilles Simon #20 (w/o) Kei Nishikori #16 Match data Nov 2, 2012* R16 Paris 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
Gilles Simon #464 #6 4,170 2,092 499 383 56.6% 0 0 0 1 13 14

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 Gilles Simon
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 2007 3–5 37.5% #286 1,576 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2008 16–11 59.3% #63 1,758 0 1 — — — — — — —
19 2009 3–6 33.3% #418 1,723 0 1 2004 0–1 0.0% #177 1,460 0 0
20 2010 3–9 25.0% #98 1,735 0 1 2005 6–6 50.0% #124 1,540 0 0
21 2011 32–22 59.3% #25 1,923 0 1 2006 24–24 50.0% #45 1,633 0 0
22 2012 35–18 66.0% #19 2,007 0 2 2007 35–26 57.4% #29 1,783 0 2
23 2013 34–19 64.2% #17 1,946 0 3 2008 52–27 65.8% #7 1,983 0 5
24 2014 52–15 77.6% #5 2,211 0 7 2009 45–24 65.2% #15 1,939 0 6
25 2015 51–17 75.0% #8 2,153 0 10 2010 22–17 56.4% #41 1,928 0 7
26 2016 57–21 73.1% #5 2,183 0 11 2011 38–25 60.3% #12 1,906 0 9
27 2017 30–14 68.2% #22 2,080 0 11 2012 43–24 64.2% #16 1,950 0 10
28 2018 43–21 67.2% #9 2,107 0 11 2013 36–22 62.1% #19 1,925 0 11
29 2019 29–14 67.4% #13 2,002 0 12 2014 28–25 52.8% #21 1,946 0 11
30 2020 2–4 33.3% #41 1,912 0 12 2015 41–22 65.1% #15 1,989 0 12
31 2021 27–16 62.8% #47 1,978 0 12 2016 32–26 55.2% #25 1,945 0 12
32 — — — — — — — 2017 15–25 37.5% #89 1,767 0 12
33 2023 2–1 66.7% #352 1,968 0 12 2018 33–24 57.9% #30 1,869 0 14
34 2024 7–9 43.8% #106 1,871 0 12 2019 27–28 49.1% #55 1,776 0 14
35 2025 9–9 50.0% #156 1,814 0 12 2020 10–12 45.5% #63 1,755 0 14
36 2026 1–1 50.0% #481 1,770 0 12 2021 5–17 22.7% #122 1,624 0 14
37 — — — — — — — 2022 7–8 46.7% #143 1,703 0 14

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 Gilles Simon
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % 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% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2008 14 7 21 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2009 3 6 9 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2005 2 3 5 40.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — —
21 2011 22 14 36 61.1% 7 5 12 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2006 7 9 16 43.8% 15 10 25 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
22 2012 21 11 32 65.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2007 14 11 25 56.0% 18 10 28 64.3% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
23 2013 24 13 37 64.9% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2008 32 18 50 64.0% 13 6 19 68.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 1 4 75.0%
24 2014 37 11 48 77.1% 10 2 12 83.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2009 34 15 49 69.4% 7 7 14 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
25 2015 33 12 45 73.3% 14 3 17 82.4% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2010 17 13 30 56.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
26 2016 40 15 55 72.7% 13 4 17 76.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2011 22 16 38 57.9% 14 7 21 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
27 2017 15 6 21 71.4% 12 6 18 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2012 22 12 34 64.7% 18 9 27 66.7% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
28 2018 27 14 41 65.9% 11 5 16 68.8% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2013 23 14 37 62.2% 10 6 16 62.5% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
29 2019 15 8 23 65.2% 10 5 15 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — 2014 17 14 31 54.8% 8 9 17 47.1% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
30 2020 — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2015 25 15 40 62.5% 7 4 11 63.6% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — —
31 2021 17 10 27 63.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2016 22 17 39 56.4% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 9 13 22 40.9% 5 9 14 35.7% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
33 2023 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 19 13 32 59.4% 10 8 18 55.6% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
34 2024 6 6 12 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2019 14 18 32 43.8% 5 6 11 45.5% 8 4 12 66.7% — — — —
35 2025 6 6 12 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2020 10 10 20 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
36 2026 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 4 7 11 36.4% 1 6 7 14.3% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
Career — 288 151 439 65.6% 107 53 160 66.9% 41 28 69 59.4% — — — — — 297 224 521 57.0% 146 112 258 56.6% 52 42 94 55.3% 4 5 9 44.4%

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 866/882 of Gilles Simon'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 Gilles Simon
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2008 25/27 3.2 2.9 59.9% 69.1% 50.9% 57.2% 45.4% 61.8% 37.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2009 9/9 2.8 3.1 53.7% 64.6% 49.4% 39.4% 45.3% 57.3% 37.7% 2004 1/1 5.0 1.0 69.7% 64.5% 55.6% 50.0% 100.0% 61.8% 38.0%
20 2010 12/12 3.1 4.0 60.3% 64.3% 43.5% 45.8% 23.0% 56.4% 33.0% 2005 12/12 3.5 1.8 54.6% 66.1% 51.5% 51.7% 45.2% 59.6% 38.6%
21 2011 54/54 2.5 2.9 60.7% 68.5% 52.4% 59.5% 39.7% 62.0% 38.2% 2006 48/48 4.0 1.6 54.9% 67.0% 50.5% 50.9% 41.9% 59.4% 39.0%
22 2012 48/53 2.4 2.6 62.6% 70.0% 53.6% 55.2% 39.9% 63.6% 41.4% 2007 61/61 3.7 1.8 56.8% 66.3% 49.4% 57.1% 50.7% 59.1% 40.4%
23 2013 53/53 2.6 2.8 62.3% 68.9% 52.2% 55.7% 47.2% 62.6% 40.6% 2008 75/79 4.5 2.1 57.5% 69.6% 53.7% 57.5% 39.4% 62.8% 39.4%
24 2014 66/67 4.3 2.8 60.6% 73.4% 53.9% 63.1% 42.6% 65.6% 39.9% 2009 69/69 6.1 2.1 55.0% 74.4% 54.7% 66.1% 46.9% 65.6% 39.4%
25 2015 66/68 4.6 2.5 59.6% 74.7% 54.5% 62.3% 44.7% 66.6% 39.3% 2010 38/39 6.1 2.5 55.7% 75.1% 53.0% 61.3% 36.9% 65.4% 36.8%
26 2016 71/78 3.4 2.4 61.0% 72.3% 53.9% 64.1% 47.7% 65.1% 40.2% 2011 63/63 4.7 2.5 56.0% 69.4% 50.9% 52.0% 46.6% 61.3% 40.9%
27 2017 43/44 3.3 2.3 62.3% 71.9% 53.3% 64.2% 45.5% 64.9% 40.7% 2012 63/67 4.0 2.0 55.9% 69.9% 52.9% 57.5% 41.4% 62.3% 40.5%
28 2018 64/64 3.6 2.3 60.0% 71.3% 55.9% 60.0% 44.8% 65.2% 37.8% 2013 58/58 4.1 2.5 56.8% 69.0% 49.7% 59.2% 41.8% 60.6% 39.1%
29 2019 43/43 3.1 2.8 63.6% 70.1% 54.2% 51.2% 45.0% 64.3% 40.9% 2014 52/53 5.8 2.5 55.8% 71.4% 50.8% 63.3% 43.7% 62.7% 40.0%
30 2020 6/6 1.2 2.5 63.5% 62.2% 50.7% 57.8% 31.4% 58.0% 37.8% 2015 63/63 3.6 2.4 58.3% 68.7% 52.6% 53.5% 50.8% 62.1% 40.9%
31 2021 37/43 2.5 2.0 64.2% 65.6% 55.3% 57.2% 45.2% 62.0% 38.5% 2016 55/58 3.3 2.6 57.9% 67.1% 52.5% 57.3% 45.0% 60.7% 40.1%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 40/40 2.9 2.6 55.0% 67.7% 51.1% 55.2% 44.6% 60.4% 37.9%
33 2023 3/3 1.7 1.3 67.5% 73.8% 53.6% 52.8% 16.7% 67.2% 29.9% 2018 56/57 4.4 2.2 60.5% 70.8% 50.8% 56.2% 44.5% 62.9% 41.2%
34 2024 15/16 2.1 1.7 66.6% 66.7% 55.0% 58.6% 39.7% 62.7% 36.1% 2019 54/55 3.9 2.6 62.1% 68.3% 49.8% 61.7% 42.1% 61.6% 39.0%
35 2025 18/18 3.2 1.9 65.6% 68.6% 47.6% 53.2% 35.9% 61.9% 35.2% 2020 22/22 4.4 3.0 55.1% 70.4% 50.2% 53.1% 48.8% 61.8% 40.4%
36 2026 2/2 2.0 1.0 60.0% 72.0% 55.5% 0.0% 11.0% 64.0% 32.0% 2021 21/22 2.3 4.2 60.6% 66.3% 44.6% 45.0% 48.5% 57.5% 34.9%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 15/15 2.9 2.2 61.4% 65.3% 48.5% 54.8% 40.7% 58.5% 36.5%
Career — 643/668 3.3 2.6 61.5% 70.5% 53.3% 58.6% 43.3% 63.8% 39.1% — 866/882 4.3 2.3 57.2% 69.4% 51.4% 57.2% 44.5% 61.8% 39.6%

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 Gilles Simon
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2009 1724 129.5 -3.16 +1.29 0.884 47.6% +12 — — 35.3% -1.06 — 1–0 — -0.98 2004 1460 98.1 -0.26 -0.85 0.994 50.6% — — — 33.3% -0.33 0–1 0–1 — +0.17
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 2005 1540 122.5 -2.20 +0.53 0.954 48.7% -20 +36 — 42.4% -0.36 6–1 (86%) 0–4 (0%) 106.2 +0.22
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 2006 1633 131.6 -2.73 +1.62 0.960 49.1% -36 +38 -42 46.2% -0.23 12–4 (75%) 5–9 (36%) 108.4 -0.30
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 2007 1784 140.3 -2.50 +3.16 0.988 50.0% -97 +67 -200 50.7% +0.01 14–6 (70%) 10–9 (53%) 111.1 -1.35
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 2008 1984 156.8 +0.08 +3.37 1.060 51.1% -7 -90 -295 59.8% +0.54 21–9 (70%) 17–9 (65%) 113.7 +0.42
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 2009 1940 155.0 +1.89 +2.48 1.145 52.4% +57 -140 -158 62.4% +0.88 13–10 (57%) 16–10 (62%) 102.3 +4.99
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 2010 1928 152.1 +2.01 +0.87 1.063 50.8% +47 -166 -126 50.0% +0.16 11–3 (79%) 6–7 (46%) 103.4 -0.07
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 2011 1907 159.5 -0.73 +3.87 1.055 51.0% -11 +50 -96 58.9% +0.64 12–12 (50%) 11–15 (42%) 95.5 +0.18
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 2012 1950 157.5 -0.02 +3.35 1.075 51.2% +13 +23 -123 59.0% +0.54 11–10 (52%) 9–13 (41%) 95.5 +3.21
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 2013 1925 156.5 -2.02 +2.35 0.991 50.1% +20 +80 -82 57.2% +0.14 11–6 (65%) 16–8 (67%) 107.6 +1.94
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 2014 1947 160.4 -0.47 +3.65 1.071 51.4% +27 -53 -64 51.9% +0.42 9–9 (50%) 9–12 (43%) 98.9 +1.84
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 2015 1990 161.4 -1.32 +4.77 1.080 51.5% -18 -44 +40 60.4% +0.66 15–8 (65%) 12–13 (48%) 100.8 +1.25
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 2016 1945 160.5 -1.63 +3.73 1.020 50.5% +22 -37 +11 53.5% +0.21 13–10 (57%) 13–11 (54%) 103.4 +1.19
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1767 147.6 -2.41 +2.04 0.958 49.2% +68 +9 +71 41.3% -0.41 7–7 (50%) 5–10 (33%) 94.8 -1.50
33 2023 1968 114.7 +1.39 +0.98 0.912 49.4% +49 — — 66.7% -0.17 — 3–0 (100%) — -0.03 2018 1870 151.0 -0.74 +4.77 1.113 51.8% -5 -66 -8 59.4% +0.68 6–8 (43%) 21–16 (57%) 99.3 +0.92
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 2019 1777 145.4 -2.46 +2.32 1.015 49.9% +15 -28 +102 50.4% +0.06 12–7 (63%) 10–15 (40%) 99.2 +2.17
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 2020 1756 144.5 -1.00 +2.76 1.058 50.9% +43 — — 48.2% +0.12 2–3 (40%) 4–2 (67%) 100.4 -1.39
36 2026 1771 106.9 +1.37 -0.67 0.889 47.0% — — — 40.0% -0.60 1–0 0–1 — -0.11 2021 1625 120.8 -3.59 -1.65 0.820 46.4% +88 -27 +101 30.4% -1.23 2–6 (25%) 1–5 (17%) 90.0 -1.48
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1704 125.3 -2.58 +1.62 0.879 47.7% +12 -42 — 44.4% -0.72 4–0 (100%) 3–1 (75%) 109.4 -0.44
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 — 2092 157.4 -1.00 +2.94 1.034 50.6% +11 -7 -45 54.1% +0.28 181–120 (60%) 168–170 (50%) 105.5 +1.37

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.