Kei Nishikori and Lukas Klein have met 1 time since 2024; Kei Nishikori leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at Bratislava 2 (2024).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🪃 Counterpuncher
Klein
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,829 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Lukas Klein.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–2 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.62 | - |
| ROI % | -30.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -1.20u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Last five matches per player
Colton Smith
Savannah Challenger · Round of 32
Apr 21
Jack Kennedy
Savannah Challenger · Round of 16
Apr 15
Yibing Wu
Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open · Round of 16
Apr 9
Nicolas Kicker
Elizabeth Moore Sarasota Open · Round of 32
Apr 8
Clement Tabur
Challenger Cherbourg La Manche · Round of 32
Mar 9
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Thionville Open · Round of 16
Mar 4
Clement Tabur
Thionville Open · Round of 32
Mar 3
Jelle Sels
Thionville Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 2
Moez Echargui
Terega Open Pau Pyrénées · Round of 16
Feb 12
Michael Zheng
Australian Open · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jan 19
Daniel Merida
Australian Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jan 18
Zsombor Piros
Australian Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 18
Vit Kopriva
Workday Canberra International · Round of 16
Jan 7
Murphy Cassone
Workday Canberra International · Round of 32
Jan 6
Yannick Hanfmann
Athens · 1st Round Qualifying
Nov 1
Raphael Collignon
Bratislava 2 · Round of 32
Oct 28
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 13–31 matches
| Metric | Nishikori | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 58% |
| Sets won | 53% | 53% |
| Games won | 52% | 51% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishikori | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishikori | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
