Aljaz Bedene vs Kei NishikoriPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Aljaz Bedene and Kei Nishikori have met 2 times since 2021; Kei Nishikori leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - Dubai in 2021 on hard. On hard courts Nishikori leads 2–0. Nishikori has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Bedene has taken 1 sets to Nishikori's 4. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at Miami Open - Miami (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bedene | Nishikori | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Aljaz Bedene | Kei Nishikori | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 45% | 5/11 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 44% | 4/9 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 50% | 10/20 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 42% | 5/12 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 63% | 5/8 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 40% | 2/5 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 82% | 9/11 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 45% | 5/11 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Bedene 0, Nishikori 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bedene
🤖 Servebot
Nishikori
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 53% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 882 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Aljaz Bedene.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the frontrunner's fast starts.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Mar 27, 2021
Miami Open - Miami
H Hard · 2nd Round
Mar 17, 2021
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - Dubai
H Hard · 3rd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bedene | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.43 |
| ROI % | - | -5.1% |
| Units P/L | - | -0.41u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bedene | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 567 mi · 913 km |
| Route | — | USA |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Kristjan Tamm
Davis Cup, Group II, 1R, SLO-EST 4-0 · Rubber 2
Sep 16
Pedro Cachin
US Open · Round of 128
Aug 30
Pedro Cachin
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 29
Lorenzo Musetti
Plava Laguna Croatia Open - Umag · 1st Round
Jul 26
Fabio Fognini
Hamburg European Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 19
Maximilian Marterer
Wimbledon · Round of 128
Jun 28
Maximilian Marterer
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 27
Tallon Griekspoor
Libema Open - 's-Hertogenbosch · 1st Round
Jun 7
Rei Sakamoto
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Michael Antonius
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 27
Sebastian Ofner
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Marco Trungelliti
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 12
Francisco Comesana
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Michael Zheng
National Bank Open - Montreal · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Rafael Jodar
Citi Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Juncheng Shang
Citi Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 27
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 20–20 matches
| Metric | Bedene | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 55% |
| Sets won | - | 52% |
| Games won | - | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Bedene | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| ATP 500 | 0 | 1 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Bedene | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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