Kei Nishikori and Pablo Carreno Busta have met 2 times since 2019; they are level 1–1. Their most recent meeting: Pablo Carreno Busta won at Australian Open (2021).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🪃 Counterpuncher
Busta
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 4,242 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Pablo Carreno Busta.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.62 | 2.13 |
| ROI % | -30.0% | +21.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.20u | +1.26u |
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
Rafael Jodar
Roland Garros · Round of 16
May 31
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Roland Garros · Round of 32
May 29
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Roland Garros · Round of 64
May 27
Jiri Lehecka
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Sebastian Baez
Copa Faulconbridge · Round of 16
May 14
Francisco Comesana
Copa Faulconbridge · Round of 32
May 12
Alejandro Tabilo
Internazionali BNL d'Italia · Round of 128
May 6
Martin Damm
Internazionali BNL d'Italia · 1st Round Qualifying
May 4
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 13–57 matches
| Metric | Nishikori | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 67% |
| Sets won | 53% | 60% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishikori | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 1 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishikori | Busta |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
