JiSung Nam vs Yuta KikuchiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
JiSung Nam and Yuta Kikuchi have met 1 time since 2026; JiSung Nam leads 1–0. Across all meetings Nam has taken 2 sets to Kikuchi's 0. Their most recent meeting: JiSung Nam won at Koyushokucho Miyazaki Challenger (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Nam | Kikuchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | JiSung Nam | Yuta Kikuchi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 6/8 | 70% | 14/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 30% | 3/10 | 43% | 9/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 5/18 | 37% | 15/41 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 80% | 4/5 | 42% | 11/26 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 46% | 6/13 | 57% | 8/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 40% | 2/5 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 73% | 8/11 | 81% | 17/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 55% | 6/11 | 67% | 14/21 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Nam 1, Kikuchi 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nam
⚔️ The Gladiator
Kikuchi
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 54% vs 🧱 The Wall across 591 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward JiSung Nam.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Mar 30, 2026
Koyushokucho Miyazaki Challenger
? - · 2nd Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nam | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 0–2 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.76 |
| ROI % | - | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -2.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Nam | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | CHN |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Nam and Kikuchi posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Nam | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Uisung Park | L 46 16 | L 16 26 |
| Takuya Kumasaka | W 62 64 | W 60 76 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Jan Kumstat
Unicredit Czech Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 31
Laurent Lokoli
Internazionali Di Tennis - Citta'Di Vicenza · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Marat Sharipov
Renault Busan Open Tennis Championships · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 12
Braden Shick
Miyazaki Challenger · 1st Round
Mar 31
Takuya Kumasaka
Koyushokucho Miyazaki Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 30
Yuta Kikuchi
Koyushokucho Miyazaki Challenger · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 30
Marek Gengel
NovaWorld Phan Thiet Challenger 2 · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 25
Kokoro Isomura
Bangkok Open 1 · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 4
Qian Sun
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 4
Shinji Hazawa
M15 Tokyo · 1st Round
Jun 9
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · 1st Round
May 20
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 20
Uisung Park
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 15
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 13
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · 1st Round
May 13
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 18–41 matches
| Metric | Nam | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 49% |
| Sets won | 46% | 51% |
| Games won | 52% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nam | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nam | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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