Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on Grandstand. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.25
Kei Nishikori -> 4.15
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kei Nishikori face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Nishikori won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Tokyo back in 2018.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 5 (career high), the Greek reached the 3rd round after defeating Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-1 6-4). During the match Tsitsipas scored 56 points vs Dzumhur’s 42. Stefanos was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas made 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tsitsipas broke Dzumhur 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (292-140). 11-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has a 116-62 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Stefanos’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Acapulco.
The Greek has a 15-4 win-loss record in 2021, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2019. See his history.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 39, the Japanese reached the 3rd round after beating Aljaz Bedene 7-66 5-7 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese defeated Bedene (7-66 5-7 6-4). During the match Nishikori scored 113 points vs Bedene’s 104. Kei was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishikori bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kei Nishikori was very efficient on serve to win 73% (49/67) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Kei broke Bedene 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Kei has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 35 |
| Pts | 56-42 | 113-104 |
| Total Points | 98 | 217 |
| Winners | 29 | 49 |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% |
Both Tsitsipas and Nishikori played 1 match. At the moment, Kei Nishikori dropped 1 set while Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 1 set(s) less than Nishikori (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 18 games less than Nishikori. The Greek scored 29 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese struck 49 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 38/49 | 67/101 |
| %1st in | 78% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 49/67 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 18/34 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Tsitsipas managed to score 6 aces . Nishikori managed to score 3 aces . Tsitsipas won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Greek broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Stefanos pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Nishikori broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Nishikori conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R2 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-42 | 56-42 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nishikori | |||
| R2 Bedene |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 113-104 | 113-104 | |
| Total points | 217 | 217 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 67/101 | 67/101 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 49/67 | 49/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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