ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Yokohama
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishikori
🪃 Counterpuncher
Ichikawa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Kei Nishikori and Taisei Ichikawa are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit. Across 2,912 matches in our dataset, the historical split is about even.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishikori | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–4 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.71 | 3.22 |
| ROI % | -16.4% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.48u | -1.00u |
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
Ichikawa
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Nishikori | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 58.9% | 61.3% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 69.4% | 61.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 54.9% | 41.9% |
| Aces / Match | 2.6 | 3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.2 | 3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 63.9% | 53.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 28% | 47.5% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 51.1% | 50% |
| BP Converted % | 54.8% | 66.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 22.2 | 40 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 36.6 | 61 |
| Net Pts Won % | 77.1% | 57.1% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.7% | 51.4% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 60% | 0% |
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Matchup overview
Kei Nishikori and Taisei Ichikawa face off in the Round of 32 at Yokohama on Hard.
Kei Nishikori leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Kei Nishikori is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Jack Kennedy (Apr 22).
Taisei Ichikawa is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Masamichi Imamura (Mar 29).
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