Donald Young vs Kei NishikoriPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Donald Young and Kei Nishikori have met 4 times since 2016; Kei Nishikori leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Tokyo in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Nishikori leads 4–0. Nishikori has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Young has taken 2 sets to Nishikori's 8. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at Washington (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Young | Nishikori | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Donald Young | Kei Nishikori | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 45% | 5/11 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 40% | 4/10 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 48% | 10/21 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 42% | 5/12 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 56% | 5/9 | |
| 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: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Young 0, Nishikori 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Young
🎾 All-Court
Nishikori
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
🎾 All-Court vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 210 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Aug 1, 2018
Washington
H Hard · Round of 32
Aug 2, 2017
Washington
H Hard · Round of 32
Mar 14, 2017
ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 16
Oct 5, 2016
Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Young | 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 | Young | 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
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Charleston · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 24
Christian Langmo
Cary 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 13
Kiranpal Pannu
Cary 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 11
Federico Agustin Gomez
Cary 2 · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 10
Billy Harris
Cary 1 · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 6
Ryan Harrison
Memphis · Semifinals
Aug 6
Sho Shimabukuro
Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 29
Lloyd Harris
Atlanta · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 22
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 · 21–21 matches
| Metric | Young | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 52% |
| Sets won | - | 50% |
| Games won | - | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Young | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| ATP 500 | 0 | 3 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Young | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 4 |
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