Alexei Popyrin and Kei Nishikori have met 1 time since 2021; Kei Nishikori leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at Wimbledon (2021).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Popyrin
🤖 Servebot
Nishikori
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 58% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 4,477 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Alexei Popyrin.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Popyrin | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–7 | 2–2 |
| Avg odds | 3.37 | 1.62 |
| ROI % | -13.2% | -30.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.58u | -1.20u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Popyrin has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Nishikori's 0%).
| Opponent | Popyrin | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Clement Tabur | W 76 67 64 | L 67 46 |
| Yibing Wu | L 57 75 36 | L 36 63 16 |
Last five matches per player
Jan Choinski
Lexus Eastbourne Open · Round of 32
Jun 22
Raphael Collignon
Terra Wortmann Open · Round of 32
Jun 16
Zachary Svajda
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Casper Ruud
Gonet Geneva Open · Quarterfinals
May 21
Taylor Fritz
Gonet Geneva Open · Round of 16
May 20
Jannik Sinner
Internazionali BNL d'Italia · Round of 32
May 11
Clement Tabur
Gonet Geneva Open · Round of 32
May 9
Jakub Mensik
Internazionali BNL d'Italia · Round of 64
May 9
Colton Smith
Savannah Challenger · Round of 32
Apr 21
Jack Kennedy
Savannah Challenger · Round of 16
Apr 15
Yibing Wu
Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open · Round of 16
Apr 9
Nicolas Kicker
Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open · Round of 32
Apr 8
Clement Tabur
Challenger Cherbourg La Manche · Round of 32
Mar 9
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Thionville Open · Round of 16
Mar 4
Clement Tabur
Thionville Open · Round of 32
Mar 3
Jelle Sels
Thionville Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 2
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 13–38 matches
| Metric | Popyrin | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 32% | 54% |
| Sets won | 37% | 53% |
| Games won | 47% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Popyrin | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Popyrin | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
