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

Kei Nishikori vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez H2H: 3-1

Kei Nishikori holds a 3–1 lead over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on clay, while Kei Nishikori leads 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez won the 2018 Barcelona Open second round 6-3 0-0 RET.

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Kei Nishikori
Japan Age 36 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"
H2H
3 – 1
4 main-draw meetings
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
ESP Age 43 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #69 6-3 0-0 (ret.) Kei Nishikori #22 Match data Apr 26, 2018* R32 Barcelona Open ATP 500 Clay
Kei Nishikori #7 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-4 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #27 Match data Jan 24, 2016* R32 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Kei Nishikori #12 6-3 6-1 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #38 Match data May 7, 2014* R32 Madrid Open Masters 1000 Clay
Kei Nishikori #84 6-4 6-4 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #60 Match data Oct 2, 2008* R32 Japan Open International Series Gold → modern equivalent 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
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #1,009 #23 1,465 1,939 299 353 45.9% 0 0 0 0 5 5

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 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
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 — — — — — — —
20 2010 3–9 25.0% #98 1,735 0 1 2003 0–1 0.0% #244 1,497 0 0
21 2011 32–22 59.3% #25 1,923 0 1 2004 5–7 41.7% #129 1,578 0 0
22 2012 35–18 66.0% #19 2,007 0 2 2005 19–26 42.2% #91 1,589 0 0
23 2013 34–19 64.2% #17 1,946 0 3 2006 15–20 42.9% #68 1,596 0 0
24 2014 52–15 77.6% #5 2,211 0 7 2007 13–22 37.1% #90 1,527 0 0
25 2015 51–17 75.0% #8 2,153 0 10 2008 22–22 50.0% #62 1,634 0 0
26 2016 57–21 73.1% #5 2,183 0 11 2009 28–27 50.9% #41 1,758 0 1
27 2017 30–14 68.2% #22 2,080 0 11 2010 31–23 57.4% #33 1,873 0 2
28 2018 43–21 67.2% #9 2,107 0 11 2011 20–29 40.8% #65 1,712 0 2
29 2019 29–14 67.4% #13 2,002 0 12 2012 20–25 44.4% #76 1,718 0 2
30 2020 2–4 33.3% #41 1,912 0 12 2013 20–21 48.8% #62 1,774 0 2
31 2021 27–16 62.8% #47 1,978 0 12 2014 25–26 49.0% #36 1,741 0 3
32 — — — — — — — 2015 32–25 56.1% #27 1,843 0 5
33 2023 2–1 66.7% #352 1,968 0 12 2016 22–31 41.5% #70 1,685 0 5
34 2024 7–9 43.8% #106 1,871 0 12 2017 5–15 25.0% #70 1,746 0 5
35 2025 9–9 50.0% #156 1,814 0 12 2018 16–23 41.0% #105 1,676 0 5
36 2026 1–1 50.0% #481 1,770 0 12 2019 6–10 37.5% #144 1,695 0 5

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 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
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% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 2003 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
21 2011 22 14 36 61.1% 7 5 12 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2004 1 3 4 25.0% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — — — — —
22 2012 21 11 32 65.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2005 5 8 13 38.5% 11 14 25 44.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2013 24 13 37 64.9% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2006 5 8 13 38.5% 8 10 18 44.4% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
24 2014 37 11 48 77.1% 10 2 12 83.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2007 7 9 16 43.8% 4 10 14 28.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
25 2015 33 12 45 73.3% 14 3 17 82.4% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2008 12 13 25 48.0% 8 8 16 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
26 2016 40 15 55 72.7% 13 4 17 76.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2009 12 16 28 42.9% 10 8 18 55.6% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — —
27 2017 15 6 21 71.4% 12 6 18 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2010 15 12 27 55.6% 12 8 20 60.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
28 2018 27 14 41 65.9% 11 5 16 68.8% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2011 11 17 28 39.3% 8 10 18 44.4% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
29 2019 15 8 23 65.2% 10 5 15 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — 2012 10 15 25 40.0% 9 8 17 52.9% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 2020 — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2013 6 8 14 42.9% 11 10 21 52.4% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
31 2021 17 10 27 63.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2014 9 13 22 40.9% 16 11 27 59.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 20 16 36 55.6% 10 6 16 62.5% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
33 2023 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 9 18 27 33.3% 12 10 22 54.5% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
34 2024 6 6 12 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2017 3 9 12 25.0% 2 6 8 25.0% — — — — — — — —
35 2025 6 6 12 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2018 3 9 12 25.0% 10 11 21 47.6% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
36 2026 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 5 7 12 41.7% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 288 151 439 65.6% 107 53 160 66.9% 41 28 69 59.4% — — — — — 133 181 314 42.4% 136 138 274 49.6% 29 31 60 48.3% 1 3 4 25.0%

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 650/652 of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez'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 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 12/12 3.1 4.0 60.3% 64.3% 43.5% 45.8% 23.0% 56.4% 33.0% 2003 1/1 6.0 1.0 49.4% 68.4% 43.6% 72.7% 100.0% 55.8% 33.3%
21 2011 54/54 2.5 2.9 60.7% 68.5% 52.4% 59.5% 39.7% 62.0% 38.2% 2004 12/12 2.3 2.7 60.3% 65.8% 47.8% 45.3% 51.7% 58.8% 38.2%
22 2012 48/53 2.4 2.6 62.6% 70.0% 53.6% 55.2% 39.9% 63.6% 41.4% 2005 45/45 2.6 3.4 64.8% 65.4% 47.4% 56.8% 44.2% 59.3% 39.1%
23 2013 53/53 2.6 2.8 62.3% 68.9% 52.2% 55.7% 47.2% 62.6% 40.6% 2006 35/35 4.3 3.6 60.5% 66.9% 48.1% 55.6% 38.0% 59.4% 37.7%
24 2014 66/67 4.3 2.8 60.6% 73.4% 53.9% 63.1% 42.6% 65.6% 39.9% 2007 35/35 3.0 2.4 63.4% 67.6% 45.5% 53.1% 46.7% 59.5% 36.9%
25 2015 66/68 4.6 2.5 59.6% 74.7% 54.5% 62.3% 44.7% 66.6% 39.3% 2008 43/44 2.7 4.7 59.5% 66.3% 47.2% 56.1% 39.1% 58.4% 36.9%
26 2016 71/78 3.4 2.4 61.0% 72.3% 53.9% 64.1% 47.7% 65.1% 40.2% 2009 55/55 3.0 4.7 61.0% 68.6% 48.2% 54.7% 42.0% 60.8% 39.4%
27 2017 43/44 3.3 2.3 62.3% 71.9% 53.3% 64.2% 45.5% 64.9% 40.7% 2010 54/54 4.6 3.4 60.4% 71.3% 52.9% 53.6% 43.9% 63.7% 38.7%
28 2018 64/64 3.6 2.3 60.0% 71.3% 55.9% 60.0% 44.8% 65.2% 37.8% 2011 49/49 3.7 4.7 56.4% 68.9% 47.6% 50.9% 44.4% 59.8% 36.8%
29 2019 43/43 3.1 2.8 63.6% 70.1% 54.2% 51.2% 45.0% 64.3% 40.9% 2012 45/45 3.6 4.1 57.7% 67.9% 49.7% 61.6% 41.6% 59.8% 37.7%
30 2020 6/6 1.2 2.5 63.5% 62.2% 50.7% 57.8% 31.4% 58.0% 37.8% 2013 41/41 3.4 4.6 55.2% 70.1% 47.3% 56.2% 41.7% 59.9% 38.0%
31 2021 37/43 2.5 2.0 64.2% 65.6% 55.3% 57.2% 45.2% 62.0% 38.5% 2014 51/51 3.6 3.8 57.3% 69.0% 48.2% 53.9% 42.7% 60.0% 39.0%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 56/57 4.9 3.8 54.9% 73.3% 49.6% 57.4% 44.8% 62.9% 38.7%
33 2023 3/3 1.7 1.3 67.5% 73.8% 53.6% 52.8% 16.7% 67.2% 29.9% 2016 53/53 4.0 3.9 56.2% 71.2% 49.3% 57.5% 36.2% 61.5% 36.1%
34 2024 15/16 2.1 1.7 66.6% 66.7% 55.0% 58.6% 39.7% 62.7% 36.1% 2017 20/20 3.1 4.4 54.7% 67.9% 46.4% 56.8% 39.8% 58.1% 33.4%
35 2025 18/18 3.2 1.9 65.6% 68.6% 47.6% 53.2% 35.9% 61.9% 35.2% 2018 39/39 3.5 4.6 60.5% 70.9% 50.0% 55.4% 43.0% 62.5% 35.8%
36 2026 2/2 2.0 1.0 60.0% 72.0% 55.5% 0.0% 11.0% 64.0% 32.0% 2019 16/16 4.4 2.9 61.1% 68.8% 52.7% 63.4% 29.0% 62.6% 31.0%
Career — 643/668 3.3 2.6 61.5% 70.5% 53.3% 58.6% 43.3% 63.8% 39.1% — 650/652 3.6 4.0 58.8% 69.1% 48.7% 55.7% 42.1% 60.6% 37.5%

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 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2003 1498 111.0 +3.10 +2.69 0.755 46.0% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.27
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 2004 1578 124.3 -0.99 +0.39 0.927 48.8% -53 +76 — 40.0% -0.23 2–0 0–1 — -0.99
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 2005 1589 131.8 -2.50 +1.29 0.960 49.2% -21 +56 -7 44.5% -0.20 4–7 (36%) 4–10 (29%) 94.5 -0.39
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 2006 1597 134.1 -2.17 +0.28 0.929 48.6% -13 +48 — 43.2% -0.39 5–6 (45%) 10–8 (56%) 99.7 -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 2007 1527 127.2 -3.31 +0.34 0.910 48.2% +38 +53 +43 42.0% -0.61 3–9 (25%) 4–8 (33%) 90.4 +0.03
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 2008 1634 132.3 -3.43 +0.38 0.889 48.0% -30 +18 -10 47.4% -0.38 8–7 (53%) 9–7 (56%) 103.1 -0.38
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 2009 1759 139.8 -1.99 +2.17 1.006 50.0% -99 -39 -12 48.9% +0.11 10–5 (67%) 8–13 (38%) 104.1 -0.24
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 2010 1874 147.0 +0.64 +2.00 1.065 51.1% -42 -94 -140 51.9% +0.08 14–8 (64%) 14–11 (56%) 106.3 +0.40
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 2011 1712 143.0 -2.34 -0.22 0.914 48.3% +34 +15 -20 44.0% -0.48 6–9 (40%) 10–12 (45%) 94.5 +1.22
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 2012 1718 140.5 -2.47 -0.31 0.939 49.1% -19 +58 -5 43.0% -0.45 11–7 (61%) 7–6 (54%) 103.3 +0.76
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 2013 1775 141.6 -3.07 +1.15 0.948 48.9% -63 +53 -70 45.2% -0.29 11–5 (69%) 7–7 (50%) 107.6 -0.86
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 2014 1742 146.7 -2.36 +2.20 0.975 49.5% -25 +136 — 47.8% -0.14 13–12 (52%) 7–13 (35%) 95.1 +0.50
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 1843 154.3 -0.73 +2.76 1.044 50.6% -3 +36 -237 55.3% +0.38 9–10 (47%) 12–14 (46%) 99.6 +1.68
33 2023 1968 114.7 +1.39 +0.98 0.912 49.4% +49 — — 66.7% -0.17 — 3–0 (100%) — -0.03 2016 1686 149.0 -1.75 -0.29 0.939 48.9% -11 +191 -102 44.3% -0.37 5–9 (36%) 18–9 (67%) 98.9 -0.19
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 2017 1746 137.8 -4.47 -1.59 0.796 46.4% -36 +41 — 34.8% -0.76 0–4 (0%) 1–7 (13%) 88.6 -0.78
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 2018 1676 140.7 -0.71 -0.60 0.954 49.0% -33 +102 -51 42.9% -0.40 7–7 (50%) 15–13 (54%) 103.9 -2.42
36 2026 1771 106.9 +1.35 -0.64 0.889 47.0% — — — 40.0% -0.60 1–0 0–1 — -0.11 2019 1695 124.9 -2.06 -2.71 0.827 47.5% +14 +54 — 35.0% -1.05 3–1 (75%) 3–1 (75%) 104.5 +0.54
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1608 102.1 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1586 97.2 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — 1940 146.0 -1.99 +0.78 0.953 49.1% -21 +54 -60 45.8% -0.25 111–106 (51%) 129–140 (48%) 99.7 -0.28

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.