Dominic Thiem and Kei Nishikori will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Erste Bank Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.083
Kei Nishikori -> 8.00
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 6th time that Dominic Thiem and Kei Nishikori square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Nishikori won 7-64 7-5 in the 1st round in Halle back in 2015.
Dominic Thiem
Ranked no. 3 (career high), Thiem will start his run in Vienna after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 7-6(1) 5-7 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2 to Schwartzman in the quarter the 6th of October.
Dominic has a 20-6 win-loss record in 2020, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in at the U.S. Open where he defeated Alexander Zverev in the final 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(6).
Talking about his overall career, The Austrian has an overall 421-214 record. He has positive 56-44 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in Vienna
The Austrian conquered the title last year in Vienna after beating Diego Sebastian Schwartzman .
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 37, Nishikori will start his run in Vienna after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-4 2-6 7-6(7) 4-6 6-2 to Travaglia in the 2nd round the 30th of September.
Nishikori has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2020, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 540-244 record. He has positive 99-39 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in Vienna
Nishikori didn’t compete in Vienna in 2019.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Borna CoricCoric – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Dominic ThiemThiem (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jason JungJung – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Daniel EvansEvans (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Kevin AndersonAnderson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Attila BalazsBalazs (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Norbert GombosGombos (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction