Kei Nishikori and Roman Safiullin have met 1 time since 2024; Roman Safiullin leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Roman Safiullin won at Bratislava 2 (2024).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🪃 Counterpuncher
Safiullin
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 58% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 4,477 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Roman Safiullin.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service 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 | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–2 | 16–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.62 | 1.90 |
| ROI % | -30.0% | +25.9% |
| Units P/L | -1.20u | +5.44u |
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
August Holmgren
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 16
Jun 16
Oliver Tarvet
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 32
Jun 15
Zhizhen Zhang
Lexus Nottingham Open · Quarterfinals
Jun 14
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
BOSS OPEN · Round of 32
Jun 10
Alexis Galarneau
BOSS OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Petr Bar Biryukov
BOSS OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Casper Ruud
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Tom Gentzsch
Roland Garros · 3rd Round Qualifying
May 25
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 13–39 matches
| Metric | Nishikori | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 62% |
| Sets won | 53% | 54% |
| Games won | 52% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishikori | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishikori | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
