Kei Nishikori vs Yibing WuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Kei Nishikori and Yibing Wu have met 2 times since 2018; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai in 2018 on hard. Across all meetings Nishikori has taken 3 sets to Wu's 3. Their most recent meeting: Yibing Wu won at Sarasota Challenger (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Nishikori | Wu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kei Nishikori | Yibing Wu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 4/8 | 77% | 17/22 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 3/6 | 27% | 4/15 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 50% | 7/14 | 24% | 9/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 44% | 4/9 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 80% | 4/5 | 78% | 7/9 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 2/4 | 65% | 11/17 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 6/7 | 95% | 19/20 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 57% | 4/7 | 85% | 17/20 |
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: 0 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Nishikori 0, Wu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🎯 Baseliner
Wu
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
Both Kei Nishikori and Yibing Wu are 🎯 Baseliner types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 606 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Apr 9, 2026
Sarasota Challenger
C Clay · 2nd Round
Oct 9, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–1 | 2–6 |
| Avg odds | 3.62 | 2.32 |
| ROI % | +10.5% | -68.1% |
| Units P/L | +0.21u | -5.45u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Across 1 shared opponent, both Nishikori and Wu posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Nishikori | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Colton Smith | W 62 63 | W 75 61 |
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
Francisco Comesana
Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 1st Round
Aug 23
Bu Yunchaokete
Lincoln Challenger · 2nd Round
Jul 17
Christian Langmo
Lincoln Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 15
Patrick Maloney
Lincoln challenger
Jul 13
Pavle Marinkov
Lincoln challenger
Jul 13
Stefan Kozlov
Newport Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 9
Novak Djokovic
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Remy Bertola
Nottingham 2 Challenger · 2nd Round
Jun 16
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 14–42 matches
| Metric | Nishikori | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 57% |
| Sets won | 54% | 56% |
| Games won | 52% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishikori | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishikori | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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