ATP 500 · Round of 32 · Dubai
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🎾 All-Court
Goffin
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🎾 All-Court vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,343 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Kei Nishikori plays David Goffin.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Goffin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.62 | 2.54 |
| ROI % | -30.0% | +9.8% |
| Units P/L | -1.20u | +0.59u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 4 career meetings
4
Nishikori
0
Goffin
Mar 15, 2021
Dubai
H Hard · Round of 32
Aug 9, 2015
ATP Masters 1000 Canada
H Hard · Round of 16
May 5, 2015
ATP Masters 1000 Madrid
C Clay · Round of 32
Mar 31, 2015
ATP Masters 1000 Miami
H Hard · Round of 16
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Nishikori | Goffin |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 60.6% | 52.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 67.5% | 70.9% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 52% | 49.5% |
| Aces / Match | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| Break Points Saved % | 64.5% | 36.1% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 35.1% | 34.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 53.9% | 46.9% |
| BP Converted % | 46.6% | 43.2% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 19 | 25.8 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 39.3 | 41.3 |
| Net Pts Won % | 68.2% | 70.9% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52% | 49% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
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
Toby Samuel
Roland Garros · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 20
Chun-Hsin Tseng
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 18
Thomas Faurel
Open Aix Provence Crédit Agricole · Round of 32
Apr 29
Emilio Nava
BMW Open by Bitpanda · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 11
Emilio Nava
Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 5
Matchup overview
Kei Nishikori and David Goffin face off in the Round of 32 at Dubai on Hard.
Kei Nishikori leads 4-0 over 4 previous meetings.
Kei Nishikori is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Colton Smith (Apr 21).
David Goffin is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Toby Samuel (May 20).
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