Benoit Paire vs Kei NishikoriPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Benoit Paire and Kei Nishikori have met 7 times since 2015; Kei Nishikori leads 5–2. Their first meeting came at US Open in 2015 on hard. On hard courts they are level 2–2. On clay courts Nishikori leads 3–0. Nishikori has won the last 5 meetings. Across all meetings Paire has taken 9 sets to Nishikori's 15. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at Roland Garros (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Paire | Nishikori | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Benoit Paire | Kei Nishikori | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 50% | 4/8 | |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 1/4 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 25% | 1/4 | 50% | 7/14 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 44% | 4/9 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 25% | 1/4 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 50% | 2/4 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 86% | 6/7 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 57% | 4/7 |
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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Paire 0, Nishikori 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Paire
💥 Big Hitter
Nishikori
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,047 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
7 career meetings, newest first
Jun 2, 2019
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 16
Feb 27, 2019
Dubai
H Hard · Round of 32
Oct 4, 2018
Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 16
May 30, 2018
Roland Garros
C Clay · Round of 64
Apr 20, 2016
Barcelona
C Clay · Semifinals
Oct 10, 2015
Tokyo
H Hard · Semifinals
Sep 1, 2015
US Open
H Hard · Round of 128
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Paire | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | - | 3.62 |
| ROI % | - | +10.5% |
| Units P/L | - | +0.21u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Benjamin Bonzi
Open Quimper Bretagne Occidentale · Round of 32
Jan 27
Viktor Durasovic
Soma Bay Open · Round of 32
Jan 19
Adrien Gobat
Rennes · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Mae Malige
Cassis · Round of 32
Sep 3
Matteo Martineau
Troyes · Round of 32
Jul 1
Buvaysar Gadamauri
Royan · Round of 32
Jun 17
Francesco Maestrelli
Francavilla al Mare · Quarterfinals
May 9
Timofey Skatov
Francavilla al Mare · Round of 16
May 8
Rafael Jodar
Citi Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Juncheng Shang
Citi Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Jack Kennedy
Savannah Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 22
Colton Smith
Savannah Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 20
Yibing Wu
Sarasota Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 9
Nicolas Kicker
Sarasota Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 7
Clement Tabur
Cherbourg Challenger · 1st Round
Mar 9
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Thionville Challenger · 2nd Round
Mar 4
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 4–14 matches
| Metric | Paire | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | 57% |
| Sets won | 11% | 54% |
| Games won | 36% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Paire | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 2 |
| ATP 500 | 1 | 3 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Paire | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 2 |
| Clay | 0 | 3 |
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