H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Kei Nishikori vs Joao Sousa H2H: 3-1

Kei Nishikori holds a 3–1 lead over Joao Sousa in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Kei Nishikori leads 2–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Kei Nishikori won the 2021 Indian Wells Open first round 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2.

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Kei Nishikori
Japan Age 36 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"
H2H
3 – 1
4 main draw meetings
Joao Sousa
POR Age 37 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kei Nishikori #52 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 Joao Sousa #182 Match data Oct 9, 2021* R128 Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard
Kei Nishikori #9 7-6(6) 6-1 6-2 Joao Sousa #44 Match data Jan 20, 2019* R32 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Kei Nishikori #5 6-1 6-4 Joao Sousa #41 Match data Feb 18, 2017* QF Argentina Open ATP 250 Clay
Joao Sousa #34 3-4 (ret.) Kei Nishikori #5 Match data Oct 7, 2016* R16 Japan Open 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
Joao Sousa #954 #28 1,355 1,916 190 250 43.2% 0 0 0 0 4 4

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 Joao Sousa
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 2008 1–1 50.0% #592 1,550 0 0
20 2010 3–9 25.0% #98 1,735 0 1 — — — — — — —
21 2011 32–22 59.3% #25 1,923 0 1 — — — — — — —
22 2012 35–18 66.0% #19 2,007 0 2 2011 1–1 50.0% #192 1,507 0 0
23 2013 34–19 64.2% #17 1,946 0 3 2012 3–4 42.9% #101 1,587 0 0
24 2014 52–15 77.6% #5 2,211 0 7 2013 14–13 51.9% #49 1,797 0 1
25 2015 51–17 75.0% #8 2,153 0 10 2014 23–34 40.4% #54 1,738 0 1
26 2016 57–21 73.1% #5 2,183 0 11 2015 34–30 53.1% #33 1,904 0 2
27 2017 30–14 68.2% #22 2,080 0 11 2016 25–33 43.1% #43 1,805 0 2
28 2018 43–21 67.2% #9 2,107 0 11 2017 22–30 42.3% #57 1,735 0 2
29 2019 29–14 67.4% #13 2,002 0 12 2018 25–26 49.0% #44 1,782 0 3
30 2020 2–4 33.3% #41 1,912 0 12 2019 25–28 47.2% #60 1,757 0 3
31 2021 27–16 62.8% #47 1,978 0 12 2020 0–9 0.0% #90 1,607 0 3
32 — — — — — — — 2021 1–13 7.1% #140 1,534 0 3
33 2023 2–1 66.7% #352 1,968 0 12 2022 13–20 39.4% #82 1,565 0 4
34 2024 7–9 43.8% #106 1,871 0 12 2023 3–7 30.0% #249 1,510 0 4
35 2025 9–9 50.0% #156 1,814 0 12 2024 0–1 0.0% #726 1,503 0 4
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 Joao Sousa
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% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2008 14 7 21 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2009 3 6 9 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2008 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
20 2010 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2011 22 14 36 61.1% 7 5 12 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2012 21 11 32 65.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 7 3 10 70.0% 2011 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
23 2013 24 13 37 64.9% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 2012 — — — — 3 4 7 42.9% — — — —
24 2014 37 11 48 77.1% 10 2 12 83.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 2013 12 9 21 57.1% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — —
25 2015 33 12 45 73.3% 14 3 17 82.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 2014 12 18 30 40.0% 7 13 20 35.0% 4 3 7 57.1%
26 2016 40 15 55 72.7% 13 4 17 76.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 2015 18 17 35 51.4% 14 9 23 60.9% 2 4 6 33.3%
27 2017 15 6 21 71.4% 12 6 18 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 2016 12 20 32 37.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 2 3 5 40.0%
28 2018 27 14 41 65.9% 11 5 16 68.8% 5 2 7 71.4% 2017 10 14 24 41.7% 12 13 25 48.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
29 2019 15 8 23 65.2% 10 5 15 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% 2018 15 17 32 46.9% 8 6 14 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0%
30 2020 — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 2019 11 12 23 47.8% 10 12 22 45.5% 4 4 8 50.0%
31 2021 17 10 27 63.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 2020 0 6 6 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1 3 4 25.0% 0 8 8 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
33 2023 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2022 6 9 15 40.0% 7 8 15 46.7% 0 3 3 0.0%
34 2024 6 6 12 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 2023 0 2 2 0.0% 3 5 8 37.5% — — — —
35 2025 6 6 12 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2024 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
36 2026 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 288 151 439 65.6% 107 53 160 66.9% 41 28 69 59.4% — 97 127 224 43.3% 79 98 177 44.6% 14 25 39 35.9%

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 436/440 of Joao Sousa'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 Joao Sousa
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% 2008 2/2 3.5 1.5 58.6% 67.3% 65.4% 70.8% 31.3% 66.6% 39.5%
20 2010 12/12 3.1 4.0 60.3% 64.3% 43.5% 45.8% 23.0% 56.4% 33.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2011 54/54 2.5 2.9 60.7% 68.5% 52.4% 59.5% 39.7% 62.0% 38.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2012 48/53 2.4 2.6 62.6% 70.0% 53.6% 55.2% 39.9% 63.6% 41.4% 2011 2/2 3.0 1.0 60.3% 61.5% 41.4% 29.8% 58.3% 53.5% 34.6%
23 2013 53/53 2.6 2.8 62.3% 68.9% 52.2% 55.7% 47.2% 62.6% 40.6% 2012 7/7 2.1 3.1 59.5% 66.3% 47.7% 45.8% 29.7% 59.0% 40.6%
24 2014 66/67 4.3 2.8 60.6% 73.4% 53.9% 63.1% 42.6% 65.6% 39.9% 2013 27/27 2.9 2.3 61.8% 68.0% 46.5% 57.4% 38.5% 59.6% 36.1%
25 2015 66/68 4.6 2.5 59.6% 74.7% 54.5% 62.3% 44.7% 66.6% 39.3% 2014 56/57 2.7 2.1 60.3% 67.6% 48.1% 61.1% 37.5% 59.5% 35.1%
26 2016 71/78 3.4 2.4 61.0% 72.3% 53.9% 64.1% 47.7% 65.1% 40.2% 2015 64/64 3.0 2.1 59.2% 70.2% 51.9% 61.3% 42.7% 62.8% 37.0%
27 2017 43/44 3.3 2.3 62.3% 71.9% 53.3% 64.2% 45.5% 64.9% 40.7% 2016 56/58 3.4 2.2 63.4% 69.2% 47.7% 50.2% 42.9% 61.2% 36.5%
28 2018 64/64 3.6 2.3 60.0% 71.3% 55.9% 60.0% 44.8% 65.2% 37.8% 2017 52/52 4.5 2.8 58.5% 72.3% 49.8% 56.2% 38.4% 62.7% 36.5%
29 2019 43/43 3.1 2.8 63.6% 70.1% 54.2% 51.2% 45.0% 64.3% 40.9% 2018 51/51 4.2 2.4 60.3% 72.2% 49.4% 49.3% 35.8% 63.1% 37.5%
30 2020 6/6 1.2 2.5 63.5% 62.2% 50.7% 57.8% 31.4% 58.0% 37.8% 2019 53/53 5.1 1.8 61.7% 70.5% 49.4% 55.1% 38.5% 62.3% 34.5%
31 2021 37/43 2.5 2.0 64.2% 65.6% 55.3% 57.2% 45.2% 62.0% 38.5% 2020 9/9 4.3 2.9 57.1% 63.3% 48.5% 51.5% 35.3% 56.6% 31.7%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 13/14 2.7 2.2 59.1% 63.1% 44.6% 47.1% 31.2% 54.6% 33.4%
33 2023 3/3 1.7 1.3 67.5% 73.8% 53.6% 52.8% 16.7% 67.2% 29.9% 2022 33/33 3.6 2.4 62.3% 67.9% 49.2% 54.1% 34.8% 60.9% 37.2%
34 2024 15/16 2.1 1.7 66.6% 66.7% 55.0% 58.6% 39.7% 62.7% 36.1% 2023 10/10 2.1 2.0 59.4% 62.8% 43.7% 49.1% 35.6% 55.3% 31.3%
35 2025 18/18 3.2 1.9 65.6% 68.6% 47.6% 53.2% 35.9% 61.9% 35.2% 2024 1/1 2.0 2.0 56.3% 64.4% 51.4% 50.0% 25.0% 58.8% 34.7%
36 2026 2/2 2.0 1.0 60.0% 72.0% 55.5% 0.0% 11.0% 64.0% 32.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —

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 Joao Sousa
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%) — +0.07 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2009 1724 129.5 -3.16 +1.29 0.884 47.6% +12 — — 35.3% -1.06 — 1–0 — -0.98 2008 1551 109.7 -0.19 -0.49 1.182 54.2% — — — 50.0% +0.75 — 0–1 — +0.24
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%) — -1.08 2009 1550 98.4 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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%) — +0.32 2010 1543 103.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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%) — +1.94 2011 1507 100.3 -2.74 +2.42 0.742 44.6% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — +0.20
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%) — +3.21 2012 1587 111.9 -2.10 -0.18 0.991 49.4% — +54 — 41.2% -0.77 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.38
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%) — -0.99 2013 1797 138.5 -2.50 -0.67 0.896 48.2% -3 -191 — 47.9% -0.34 6–1 (86%) 1–2 (33%) — +0.54
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%) — +2.30 2014 1738 146.5 -2.75 -1.03 0.869 47.5% +1 -106 -36 39.7% -0.87 12–10 (55%) 14–11 (56%) — -0.16
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%) — -1.29 2015 1904 152.2 -1.01 +1.38 0.995 49.9% -46 -72 -203 50.0% 0.00 15–9 (63%) 12–15 (44%) — -0.31
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%) — -0.06 2016 1806 151.2 -1.66 +0.21 0.941 48.8% +1 +17 -112 44.7% -0.45 9–13 (41%) 6–9 (40%) — +1.35
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%) — -1.99 2017 1736 145.9 -0.81 -0.18 0.979 49.7% +18 +58 -117 46.3% -0.23 7–14 (33%) 8–12 (40%) — +2.40
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%) — +1.02 2018 1783 147.5 -0.33 +1.07 1.015 50.0% +38 -32 -147 46.7% -0.07 14–11 (56%) 12–10 (55%) — +1.17
30 2020 1913 109.6 -1.35 -0.42 0.900 47.5% — +89 — 42.1% -0.95 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) — +0.14 2019 1758 141.2 -1.27 -1.02 0.916 48.4% +5 -7 -4 45.8% -0.41 13–10 (57%) 11–13 (46%) — -0.09
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%) — -2.26 2020 1608 110.6 -2.88 -2.72 0.729 44.1% +41 +32 — 8.7% -2.35 0–1 0–3 (0%) — +0.04
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1534 111.8 -5.26 -2.49 0.736 44.3% +92 +15 — 17.1% -2.14 1–3 (25%) 3–3 (50%) — +0.37
33 2023 1968 114.7 +1.39 +0.98 0.912 49.4% +49 — — 66.7% -0.17 — 3–0 (100%) — -0.03 2022 1565 131.7 -1.95 -0.02 0.952 48.8% +14 +70 +27 40.2% -0.41 6–6 (50%) 6–12 (33%) — +0.40
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%) — -0.17 2023 1510 117.4 -3.91 -3.09 0.700 43.9% — +62 — 32.0% -1.80 2–2 (50%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.20
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%) — -1.30 2024 1504 100.9 +0.27 +1.28 0.840 47.1% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — — — -0.10
36 2026 1771 106.9 +1.31 -0.48 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 — 1917 144.3 -1.66 -0.16 0.928 48.6% +4 -9 -83 43.2% -0.48 86–82 (51%) 77–93 (45%) 99.0 +1.42

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.