Joao Sousa vs Kei NishikoriPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Joao Sousa 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 3–0. Nishikori has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Sousa has taken 1 sets to Nishikori's 8. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sousa | Nishikori | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Joao Sousa | 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: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sousa 0, Nishikori 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sousa
🏹 Frontrunner
Nishikori
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
Both Joao Sousa and Kei Nishikori are 🏹 Frontrunner types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 280 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Oct 7, 2021
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 11, 2019
Australian Open
H Hard · Round of 32
Feb 13, 2017
Buenos Aires
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Oct 6, 2016
Tokyo
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sousa | 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 | Sousa | 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
Arthur Fils
Millennium Estoril Open - Estoril · 1st Round
Apr 3
Alejandro Moro Canas
Girona Challenger · 2nd Round
Mar 28
Felix Gill
Girona Challenger · 1st Round
Mar 27
Vilius Gaubas
Girona · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 25
Emil Ruusuvuori
Davis Cup, World Group, Q, FIN-POR 3-1 · Rubber 2
Feb 2
Martin Damm
Oeiras 2 Challenger · Quarterfinals
Jan 11
Lorenzo Giustino
Oeiras 2 Challenger · 2nd Round
Jan 10
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
Oeiras 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Jan 9
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 | Sousa | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 52% |
| Sets won | - | 50% |
| Games won | - | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sousa | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| ATP 500 | 0 | 1 |
| ATP 250 | 0 | 1 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sousa | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 3 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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