Kei Nishikori and Sanhui Shin have met 1 time since 2025; Kei Nishikori leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Kei Nishikori won at Yokohama (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🪃 Counterpuncher
Shin
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 57% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,782 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Kei Nishikori.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
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 | Shin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.62 | 2.75 |
| ROI % | -30.0% | +54.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.20u | +1.08u |
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
Young Hoon Jeong
Futures 2026 ·
May 29
Naoki Tajima
Futures 2026 ·
May 28
Kazuma Kawachi
Futures 2026 ·
May 27
Sergey Fomin
WUNING OPEN 2 · Quarterfinals
Apr 17
Maximus Jones
WUNING OPEN 2 · Round of 16
Apr 16
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
WUNING OPEN 2 · Round of 32
Apr 8
Masamichi Imamura
Yokkaichi Challenger · Round of 32
Mar 12
Duje Ajdukovic
PMR Maha Open · Round of 32
Feb 23
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 13–22 matches
| Metric | Nishikori | Shin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 32% |
| Sets won | 53% | 34% |
| Games won | 52% | 45% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishikori | Shin |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishikori | Shin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
