Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs Kei NishikoriPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Kei Nishikori have met 5 times since 2017; Kei Nishikori leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Buenos Aires in 2017 on clay. On clay courts Nishikori leads 2–1. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Schwartzman has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Schwartzman has taken 7 sets to Nishikori's 8. Their most recent meeting: Diego Sebastian Schwartzman won at ATP Cup (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sebastian Schwartzman | Nishikori | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Diego Sebastian Schwartzman | 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 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sebastian Schwartzman 1, Nishikori 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Schwartzman
🛡️ The Spoiler
Nishikori
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 58% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 44 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Kei Nishikori.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Feb 3, 2021
ATP Cup
H Hard · Round Robin
May 13, 2019
ATP Masters 1000 Rome
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Sep 1, 2018
US Open
H Hard · Round of 32
May 9, 2017
ATP Masters 1000 Madrid
C Clay · Round of 32
Feb 10, 2017
Buenos Aires
C Clay · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Schwartzman | 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 | Schwartzman | 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
Gael Monfils
US Open · Round of 128
Aug 27
Thiago Agustin Tirante
US Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Vilius Gaubas
US Open · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 22
Andrea Pellegrino
US Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 19
Jay Clarke
Wimbledon · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 24
Quentin Halys
Roland Garros · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 26
Lukas Neumayer
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 21
Mikhail Kukushkin
ATP Masters 1000 Rome · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 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 28
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 20–20 matches
| Metric | Schwartzman | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 55% |
| Sets won | - | 52% |
| Games won | - | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Schwartzman | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| ATP 250 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Schwartzman | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Clay | 1 | 2 |
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