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Juncheng Shang vs Kei NishikoriPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

🇨🇳Juncheng Shang

#214 · 21 yrs · L

1–2

3 meetings · sets 3–4

🇯🇵Kei Nishikori

Unranked

Juncheng Shang and Kei Nishikori have met 3 times since 2023; Kei Nishikori leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Truist Atlanta Open - Atlanta in 2023 on hard. On hard courts Nishikori leads 2–1. Across all meetings Shang has taken 3 sets to Nishikori's 4. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at Citi Open - Washington (2026).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

Indicator	Shang	Nishikori
Indicator	Juncheng Shang		Kei Nishikori
Wins in straight sets	60%	3/5	45%	5/11
Wins a set when losing	25%	2/8	40%	4/10
Goes to a deciding set	31%	4/13	48%	10/21
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite	38%	3/8	42%	5/12
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog	20%	1/5	56%	5/9
Tiebreak sets won	50%	2/4	40%	2/5
Wins after taking set 1	67%	4/6	82%	9/11
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1	50%	3/6	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. Head-to-head: 2 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Shang 1, Nishikori 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Shang

💥 Big Hitter

Power groundstrokesHigh winner countAggressive shotsShort rallies

Nishikori

🏹 Frontrunner

Fast startsAggressive openersMomentum-drivenStrong holds

Matchup analysis

💥 Big Hitter vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 1,017 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.

Previous meetings

3 career meetings, newest first

Jul 28, 2026

Citi Open - Washington

H Hard · 1st Round

76³

Nishikori

Sep 19, 2024

Chengdu Open - Chengdu

H Hard · 1st Round

Shang

Jul 27, 2023

Truist Atlanta Open - Atlanta

H Hard · 2nd Round

6³7

Nishikori

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

Outcome	Shang	Nishikori
Outcome	Juncheng Shang		Kei Nishikori
1 or more	100%	9/9	67%	4/6
3 or more	67%	6/9	33%	2/6
5 or more	44%	4/9	17%	1/6
10 or more	11%	1/9	0%	0/6
15 or more	0%	0/9	0%	0/6
20 or more	0%	0/9	0%	0/6

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Shang	Nishikori
W-L	3–6	4–5
Avg odds	2.66	2.70
ROI %	-20.8%	-15.7%
Units P/L	-1.87u	-1.41u

Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.

Travel

Last 30 days

Metric	Shang	Nishikori
Countries	1	1
Events	2	1
Matches	3	1
Distance	947 mi · 1,524 km	0 mi · 0 km
Route	CHN	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.

Common opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Across 2 shared opponents, both Shang and Nishikori posted a 50% win rate.

Opponent	Shang	Nishikori
Marco Trungelliti	L 60 67 61 36 46	L 64 57 36
Francisco Comesana	W 64 64	W 64 16 75

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Shang

LWLLLLWW

Alexander Zverev

China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round

Oct 3

Sebastian Baez

China Open - Beijing · 1st Round

Oct 1

Adrian Mannarino

Chengdu Open - Chengdu · 1st Round

6⁹7

Sep 24

Marco Trungelliti

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

6⁵7

Sep 1

Lorenzo Sonego

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round

Aug 14

Luciano Darderi

National Bank Open - Montreal · 3rd Round

Aug 6

Andrey Rublev

National Bank Open - Montreal · 2nd Round

76⁵

Aug 4

Adolfo Daniel Vallejo

National Bank Open - Montreal · 1st Round

Aug 2

Nishikori

LLWWLWLL

Frances Tiafoe

Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 1st Round

Oct 1

Rei Sakamoto

U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying

6³7

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

↑ ShangNishikori ahead↓ Nishikori

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 16–21 matches

Metric	Shang	Nishikori
Matches won	38%	52%
Sets won	40%	50%
Games won	47%	50%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

Stage	Shang	Nishikori
ATP 500	0	1
ATP 250	1	1

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

Surface	Shang	Nishikori
Hard	1	2

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Juncheng Shang vs Kei Nishikori FAQ

Kei Nishikori leads the head-to-head 2–1 over 3 meetings.

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Style Matchup

Previous meetings

Prop Research

Player ROI

Travel

Common opponents

Recent Form

Rivalry momentum

Win rate

Record by tier

By surface

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