Kei Nishikori vs Mikhail KukushkinPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Kei Nishikori and Mikhail Kukushkin have met 6 times since 2016; Kei Nishikori leads 6–0. Their first meeting came at Brisbane in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Nishikori leads 4–0. Nishikori has won the last 6 meetings. Across all meetings Nishikori has taken 13 sets to Kukushkin's 1. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at Wimbledon (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Nishikori | Kukushkin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kei Nishikori | Mikhail Kukushkin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 45% | 5/11 | 80% | 20/25 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 4/10 | 25% | 5/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 48% | 10/21 | 22% | 10/45 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 5/12 | 54% | 14/26 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 56% | 5/9 | 63% | 10/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 40% | 2/5 | 52% | 11/21 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 9/11 | 91% | 21/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 45% | 5/11 | 87% | 20/23 |
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: 5 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Nishikori 5, Kukushkin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🏹 Frontrunner
Kukushkin
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
Both Kei Nishikori and Mikhail Kukushkin 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
6 career meetings, newest first
Jul 8, 2019
Wimbledon
G Grass · Round of 16
Oct 24, 2018
Vienna
H Hard · Semifinals
May 15, 2017
Geneva
C Clay · Round of 16
Mar 5, 2016
ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 64
Feb 12, 2016
Memphis
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Jan 7, 2016
Brisbane
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 | Nishikori | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Nishikori | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
Damir Dzumhur
Mallorca Championships - Mallorca · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 20
Mattia Bellucci
Terra Wortmann Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 13
Mark Lajal
Wuxi Challenger · 2nd Round
May 6
Tianhui Zhang
Wuxi Challenger · 1st Round
May 4
Chak Pong Marco Lam
Jiujiang Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 29
Coleman Wong
Jiujiang Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 29
Leandro Riedi
Gwangju Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 23
Pavel Kotov
Gwangju Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 21
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 21–45 matches
| Metric | Nishikori | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 56% |
| Sets won | 50% | 55% |
| Games won | 50% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishikori | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 0 |
| ATP 500 | 1 | 0 |
| ATP 250 | 3 | 0 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishikori | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Grass | 1 | 0 |
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