Kei Nishikori vs Roberto Bautista AgutPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Kei Nishikori and Roberto Bautista Agut have met 4 times since 2015; Kei Nishikori leads 3–1. Their first meeting came at Barcelona in 2015 on clay. On clay courts Nishikori leads 2–0. Across all meetings Nishikori has taken 7 sets to Agut's 4. Their most recent meeting: Roberto Bautista Agut won at Wimbledon (2017).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Nishikori | Bautista Agut | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kei Nishikori | Roberto Bautista Agut | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 45% | 5/11 | 78% | 7/9 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 4/10 | 33% | 5/15 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 48% | 10/21 | 29% | 7/24 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 5/12 | 70% | 7/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 56% | 5/9 | 38% | 5/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 40% | 2/5 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 9/11 | 73% | 8/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 45% | 5/11 | 64% | 7/11 |
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 (Nishikori 2, Bautista Agut 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🏹 Frontrunner
Agut
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 307 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Jul 8, 2017
Wimbledon
G Grass · Round of 32
Mar 29, 2016
ATP Masters 1000 Miami
H Hard · Round of 16
May 6, 2015
ATP Masters 1000 Madrid
C Clay · Round of 16
Apr 18, 2015
Barcelona
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Agut |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Agut |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Nishikori has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Agut's 0%).
| Opponent | Nishikori | Agut |
|---|---|---|
| Juncheng Shang | W 67 63 64 | L 46 76 46 06 |
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
Joao Fonseca
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Raphael Collignon
Terra Wortmann Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 14
Benito Sanchez Martinez
Terra Wortmann Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 13
Marcos Giron
Boss Open - Stuttgart · 1st Round
Jun 9
Hynek Barton
Prostejov Challenger · 1st Round
Jun 2
Brandon Nakashima
French Open - Paris · 1st Round
May 25
Zizou Bergs
Valencia Challenger · 2nd Round
May 14
Pedro Martinez
Valencia Challenger · 1st Round
May 13
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 21–28 matches
| Metric | Nishikori | Agut |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 52% | 32% |
| Sets won | 50% | 36% |
| Games won | 50% | 46% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishikori | Agut |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| ATP 500 | 1 | 0 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishikori | Agut |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 2 | 0 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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