H2H data updated: 2026-09-03 00:00 UTC

Kei Nishikori vs Nick Kyrgios H2H: 4-0

Kei Nishikori holds a 4–0 lead over Nick Kyrgios in their ATP head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Kei Nishikori leads 2–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Kei Nishikori won the 2018 Wimbledon third round 6-1 7-6(3) 6-4.

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Kei Nishikori
Japan Age 36 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"
H2H
4 – 0
4 main draw meetings
Nick Kyrgios
Australia Age 31 Right-Handed 193 cm / 6'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kei Nishikori #28 6-1 7-6(3) 6-4 Nick Kyrgios #18 Match data Jul 8, 2018* R32 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Kei Nishikori #6 6-7(6) 7-6(1) 6-3 Nick Kyrgios #21 Match data May 7, 2016* QF Madrid Open Masters 1000 Clay
Kei Nishikori #6 6-3 7-5 Nick Kyrgios #26 Match data Apr 2, 2016* SF Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
Kei Nishikori #6 1-6 6-4 6-4 Nick Kyrgios #32 Match data Oct 14, 2015* R32 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
Nick Kyrgios #670 #13 2,460 2,133 197 115 63.1% 0 0 0 4 3 7

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 Nick Kyrgios
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 2013 1–2 33.3% #182 1,560 0 0
19 2009 3–6 33.3% #418 1,723 0 1 2014 8–7 53.3% #52 1,772 0 0
20 2010 3–9 25.0% #98 1,735 0 1 2015 25–18 58.1% #30 1,933 0 0
21 2011 32–22 59.3% #25 1,923 0 1 2016 39–15 72.2% #13 2,051 0 3
22 2012 35–18 66.0% #19 2,007 0 2 2017 27–17 61.4% #21 1,986 0 3
23 2013 34–19 64.2% #17 1,946 0 3 2018 24–13 64.9% #35 1,994 0 4
24 2014 52–15 77.6% #5 2,211 0 7 2019 21–14 60.0% #30 1,942 0 6
25 2015 51–17 75.0% #8 2,153 0 10 2020 3–2 60.0% #45 1,957 0 6
26 2016 57–21 73.1% #5 2,183 0 11 2021 7–7 50.0% #93 1,882 0 6
27 2017 30–14 68.2% #22 2,080 0 11 2022 40–12 76.9% #22 2,101 0 7
28 2018 43–21 67.2% #9 2,107 0 11 2023 0–1 0.0% #470 2,072 0 7
29 2019 29–14 67.4% #13 2,002 0 12 — — — — — — —
30 2020 2–4 33.3% #41 1,912 0 12 2025 1–4 20.0% #671 1,973 0 7
31 2021 27–16 62.8% #47 1,978 0 12 2026 1–3 25.0% #670 1,898 0 7
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 Nick Kyrgios
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% 2013 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
19 2009 3 6 9 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2014 4 5 9 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 1 5 80.0%
20 2010 2 5 7 28.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 2015 13 10 23 56.5% 9 6 15 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
21 2011 22 14 36 61.1% 7 5 12 58.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 2016 27 9 36 75.0% 9 4 13 69.2% 3 2 5 60.0%
22 2012 21 11 32 65.6% 7 4 11 63.6% 7 3 10 70.0% 2017 24 12 36 66.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
23 2013 24 13 37 64.9% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 2018 16 9 25 64.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 7 3 10 70.0%
24 2014 37 11 48 77.1% 10 2 12 83.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 2019 18 9 27 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0%
25 2015 33 12 45 73.3% 14 3 17 82.4% 4 2 6 66.7% 2020 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — —
26 2016 40 15 55 72.7% 13 4 17 76.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 2021 5 6 11 45.5% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7%
27 2017 15 6 21 71.4% 12 6 18 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 2022 24 7 31 77.4% 3 1 4 75.0% 13 4 17 76.5%
28 2018 27 14 41 65.9% 11 5 16 68.8% 5 2 7 71.4% 2023 — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
29 2019 15 8 23 65.2% 10 5 15 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2020 — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 2025 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — —
31 2021 17 10 27 63.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 2026 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
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% — 135 75 210 64.3% 27 19 46 58.7% 35 21 56 62.5%

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 303/312 of Nick Kyrgios'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 Nick Kyrgios
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% 2013 3/3 7.0 4.7 63.0% 71.1% 40.7% 55.5% 22.2% 60.1% 24.1%
19 2009 9/9 2.8 3.1 53.7% 64.6% 49.4% 39.4% 45.3% 57.3% 37.7% 2014 15/15 18.7 4.9 64.1% 75.3% 49.9% 57.4% 49.3% 66.1% 31.2%
20 2010 12/12 3.1 4.0 60.3% 64.3% 43.5% 45.8% 23.0% 56.4% 33.0% 2015 42/43 12.1 3.4 63.2% 75.8% 53.1% 61.9% 45.5% 67.4% 33.8%
21 2011 54/54 2.5 2.9 60.7% 68.5% 52.4% 59.5% 39.7% 62.0% 38.2% 2016 53/54 13.8 2.9 66.1% 76.6% 55.2% 69.1% 42.4% 69.4% 36.0%
22 2012 48/53 2.4 2.6 62.6% 70.0% 53.6% 55.2% 39.9% 63.6% 41.4% 2017 43/44 12.1 3.6 63.1% 80.3% 56.2% 66.4% 42.1% 71.2% 35.7%
23 2013 53/53 2.6 2.8 62.3% 68.9% 52.2% 55.7% 47.2% 62.6% 40.6% 2018 36/37 19.8 4.8 64.7% 79.0% 55.1% 68.1% 43.3% 70.5% 31.0%
24 2014 66/67 4.3 2.8 60.6% 73.4% 53.9% 63.1% 42.6% 65.6% 39.9% 2019 35/35 16.7 3.3 66.2% 79.4% 50.8% 63.2% 47.0% 69.5% 29.8%
25 2015 66/68 4.6 2.5 59.6% 74.7% 54.5% 62.3% 44.7% 66.6% 39.3% 2020 5/5 21.4 3.2 74.8% 77.4% 46.6% 66.5% 48.9% 69.8% 27.7%
26 2016 71/78 3.4 2.4 61.0% 72.3% 53.9% 64.1% 47.7% 65.1% 40.2% 2021 14/14 16.1 2.6 67.0% 76.4% 51.1% 46.0% 29.7% 68.1% 30.4%
27 2017 43/44 3.3 2.3 62.3% 71.9% 53.3% 64.2% 45.5% 64.9% 40.7% 2022 47/52 15.9 3.4 67.6% 79.6% 56.8% 78.1% 44.8% 72.3% 36.0%
28 2018 64/64 3.6 2.3 60.0% 71.3% 55.9% 60.0% 44.8% 65.2% 37.8% 2023 1/1 15.0 5.0 69.0% 75.0% 38.9% 33.3% 0.0% 63.8% 27.9%
29 2019 43/43 3.1 2.8 63.6% 70.1% 54.2% 51.2% 45.0% 64.3% 40.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2020 6/6 1.2 2.5 63.5% 62.2% 50.7% 57.8% 31.4% 58.0% 37.8% 2025 5/5 11.0 3.0 69.4% 72.2% 46.4% 58.0% 21.0% 63.8% 28.0%
31 2021 37/43 2.5 2.0 64.2% 65.6% 55.3% 57.2% 45.2% 62.0% 38.5% 2026 4/4 11.3 1.5 74.5% 77.0% 45.3% 18.8% 41.8% 69.5% 24.5%
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% — 303/312 15.0 3.5 65.6% 77.9% 53.7% 65.5% 43.0% 69.6% 33.3%

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 Nick Kyrgios
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 2012 1484 99.1 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2013 1561 115.6 +2.16 -1.76 0.603 43.3% — — — 33.3% -1.78 — 3–0 (100%) — -0.31
19 2009 1724 129.5 -3.16 +1.29 0.884 47.6% +12 — — 35.3% -1.06 — 1–0 — -0.98 2014 1772 138.9 +2.23 -2.06 0.922 48.9% -120 — +10 52.8% -0.15 1–2 (33%) 13–8 (62%) — -0.61
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 2015 1933 156.8 +2.78 -0.44 1.037 50.9% -96 -215 -86 55.5% +0.35 7–7 (50%) 17–14 (55%) — -1.27
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%) — +0.32 2016 2051 170.0 +5.12 +0.95 1.175 52.5% -16 -165 -109 70.8% +1.07 6–6 (50%) 18–11 (62%) — -0.41
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 2017 1987 171.1 +6.51 +1.06 1.241 53.2% +52 -122 — 66.3% +0.87 5–6 (45%) 13–5 (72%) — -0.27
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 2018 1995 162.0 +4.96 -3.05 1.051 51.0% +32 — -38 60.4% +0.55 11–5 (69%) 17–15 (53%) — -2.23
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 2019 1943 155.0 +4.73 -3.55 0.980 50.0% +52 -113 -42 57.3% +0.18 8–5 (62%) 17–11 (61%) — -0.62
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 2020 1958 130.1 +3.49 -1.34 0.916 48.8% +29 — — 62.5% +0.88 1–0 4–4 (50%) — -0.20
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 2021 1883 134.7 +1.58 -1.96 0.953 48.8% +29 — +43 52.5% -0.17 3–2 (60%) 5–1 (83%) — -0.87
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 2022 2102 161.6 +7.56 +0.72 1.301 53.8% -14 -259 -15 70.6% +1.23 9–4 (69%) 15–13 (54%) — -2.05
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%) — -1.99 2023 2073 98.0 -0.96 -2.34 0.772 44.4% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — -0.01
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2025 1973 112.8 -1.40 -2.24 0.773 46.2% +7 — — 23.1% -1.15 1–1 1–6 (14%) — -0.08
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 2026 1899 103.0 -0.38 -3.78 0.803 47.5% — — +58 33.3% -0.67 0–1 0–1 — +0.17
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%) — -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%) — -1.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2026 1771 106.9 +1.39 -0.69 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 — 2133 167.0 +4.74 -0.73 1.094 51.4% +1 -182 -28 61.2% +0.56 52–39 (57%) 123–89 (58%) 109.3 -2.89

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.