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 | — | 45% | 5/11 | |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 1/2 | 40% | 4/10 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 50% | 1/2 | 48% | 10/21 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 42% | 5/12 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 1/2 | 56% | 5/9 |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 40% | 2/5 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 82% | 9/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Paire 0, Nishikori 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Paire
🤖 Servebot
Nishikori
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 54% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 1,115 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Benoit Paire.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the frontrunner's fast starts.
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 | - | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.70 |
| ROI % | - | -15.7% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.41u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Paire | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | JPN |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Benjamin Bonzi
Quimper Challenger · 1st Round
Jan 27
Viktor Durasovic
Soma Bay Challenger · 1st Round
Jan 19
Adrien Gobat
Rennes · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Mae Malige
Cassis Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 3
Matteo Martineau
Troyes Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 1
Buvaysar Gadamauri
Royan Challenger · 1st Round
Jun 17
Francesco Maestrelli
Francavilla Challenger · Quarterfinals
May 9
Timofey Skatov
Francavilla Challenger · 2nd Round
May 8
Frances Tiafoe
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 1st Round
Oct 1
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 2–21 matches
| Metric | Paire | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | 52% |
| Sets won | 20% | 50% |
| Games won | 38% | 50% |
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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