Hubert HurkaczvsKei Nishikori

February 27, 2019H Hard

Match Result

Final score

#103Hubert Hurkacz

756

#713Kei Nishikori[1]

572

Archetype Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Hurkacz

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Nishikori

🪃 Counterpuncher

Elite BP conversionStrong return gameDefensive consistencyRally tolerance

Matchup analysis

The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 58% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 4,477 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Hubert Hurkacz here.

Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Hurkacz	Nishikori
W-L	9–6	2–2
Avg odds	1.88	1.62
ROI %	+5.7%	-30.0%
Units P/L	+0.86u	-1.20u

Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.

Head-to-Head

Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings

Hurkacz

Nishikori

Mar 11, 2019

ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells

H Hard · Round of 32

Hurkacz

Feb 27, 2019

Dubai

H Hard · Round of 16

Hurkacz

Full head-to-head & rivalry stats

Mechanics

Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days

Stat	Hurkacz	Nishikori
Serve
1st Serve In %	62.3%	60.6%
1st Serve Pts Won %	68.5%	67.5%
2nd Serve Pts Won %	53%	52%
Aces / Match	8.3	1.8
Double Faults / Match	2.8	3.8
Break Points Saved %	57.4%	64.5%
Return
1st Return Pts Won %	26.1%	35.1%
2nd Return Pts Won %	40.3%	53.9%
BP Converted %	32.5%	46.6%
Rally
Winners / Match	27.4	0
Unforced Errors / Match	28.9	0
Net Pts Won %	68.7%	0%
Total Pts Won %	47.6%	52%
Surface (Hard)
Hard Win %	0%	0%