Kei Nishikori vs Pierre-Hugues HerbertPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Kei Nishikori and Pierre-Hugues Herbert have met 4 times since 2016; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at ATP Masters 1000 Miami in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Nishikori leads 2–1. Herbert has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Nishikori has taken 4 sets to Herbert's 5. Their most recent meeting: Pierre-Hugues Herbert won at Open 13 Provence - Marseille (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Nishikori | Herbert | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kei Nishikori | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 4/8 | 71% | 12/17 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 3/6 | 38% | 8/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 50% | 7/14 | 34% | 13/38 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 4/9 | 43% | 6/14 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 80% | 4/5 | 59% | 13/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 2/4 | 40% | 8/20 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 6/7 | 84% | 16/19 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 57% | 4/7 | 63% | 12/19 |
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: 3 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Nishikori 1, Herbert 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🎯 Baseliner
Herbert
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
🎯 Baseliner vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 1,749 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Mar 9, 2021
Open 13 Provence - Marseille
H Hard · 1st Round
Apr 9, 2019
ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo
C Clay · Round of 32
Feb 7, 2019
Rotterdam
H Hard · Round of 32
Mar 25, 2016
ATP Masters 1000 Miami
H Hard · Round of 64
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Avg odds | 3.62 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | +10.5% | -54.2% |
| Units P/L | +0.21u | -3.25u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | USA |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Herbert has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Nishikori's 0%).
| Opponent | Nishikori | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Kaichi Uchida | L 26 26 | W 64 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Rafael Jodar
Citi Open - Washington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Juncheng Shang
Citi Open - Washington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Jack Kennedy
Savannah Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 22
Colton Smith
Savannah Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 20
Yibing Wu
Sarasota Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 9
Nicolas Kicker
Sarasota Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 7
Clement Tabur
Cherbourg Challenger · 1st Round
Mar 9
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Thionville Challenger · 2nd Round
Mar 4
Lorenzo Sonego
Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 1st Round
Aug 24
Thiago Monteiro
Gstaad
Jul 11
Edas Butvilas
Bundesliga - men
Jul 5
Paul Jubb
Wimbledon · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Martin Landaluce
Boss Open - Stuttgart · 1st Round
Jun 8
Mert Alkaya
BOSS OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 7
Daniil Glinka
BOSS OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 6
Leandro Riedi
Roland Garros · 3rd Round Qualifying
May 25
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 14–39 matches
| Metric | Nishikori | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 44% |
| Sets won | 54% | 47% |
| Games won | 52% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishikori | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| ATP 500 | 1 | 0 |
| ATP World Tour 250 | 0 | 1 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishikori | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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