ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Savannah Challenger
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🪃 Counterpuncher
Smith
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 54% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,327 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Kei Nishikori here.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–3 | 6–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.61 | 2.13 |
| ROI % | -44.0% | +8.6% |
| Units P/L | -2.20u | +1.03u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
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Nishikori
0
Smith
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Nishikori and Smith posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Nishikori | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Yibing Wu | L 36 63 16 | L 57 16 |
| Clement Tabur | L 67 46 | L 26 26 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Nishikori | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.2% | 58.2% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 67.9% | 66.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 52.4% | 51.3% |
| Aces / Match | 2 | 2.9 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.8 | 1.8 |
| Break Points Saved % | 61.6% | 58.2% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 32.3% | 38.1% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 53.6% | 48.6% |
| BP Converted % | 47.2% | 40.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 19 | 16.7 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 36.2 | 30.3 |
| Net Pts Won % | 69.9% | 62.2% |
| Total Pts Won % | 51% | 51.2% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 50% | 29% |
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Match summary
Kei Nishikori, ranked 464th, will face Colton Smith, ranked 190th, in the Round of 32 at the Savannah Challenger on outdoor clay on April 20. This is their first career meeting. Nishikori and Smith have never played before, so there's no established head-to-head record between them. Both players have faced some common opponents recently, with Nishikori defeating Learner Tien and Nuno Borges while Smith lost to both. Nishikori is in mixed form, winning 2 of his last 5 matches over the past 11 days. Smith is struggling significantly, currently on a seven-match losing streak with just one win in his last ten matches. On clay specifically, Nishikori holds a strong 70% record with 14 wins and 6 losses, while Smith's clay form is weaker at 44% with 4 wins and 5 losses. Nishikori uses a counterattacking style that relies on reading opponents and retrieving balls, while Smith is a frontrunner who prefers to dictate play from the baseline.
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