Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori will face off in the 2^nd round of the French Open for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kei Nishikori who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.727
Karen Khachanov -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Kei Nishikori

This will be the 6^th time that Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori face off. The head to head is 3-2 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Nishikori won 6-7(6) 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in Madrid back in May 2021.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs Karen Khachanov – Madrid 04-May-2021

Karen Khachanov

Ranked no. 25, the Russian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Jiri Vesely 6-1 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Vesely (6-1 6-2 6-3). During the match, Khachanov scored 83 points vs Vesely’s 53. Khachanov was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Khachanov managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Karen Khachanov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 86% (38/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Vesely 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Khachanov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (290-194). 5-5 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Khachanov has an aggregate 75-53 record in the last years on clay.

Khachanov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and Lyon.

Karen has a composed 15-11 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

French Open

Khachanov's Record

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 49, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after beating Alessandro Giannessi 6-4 6-7⁴ 6-3 4-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Nishikori had a tough win against Giannessi to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Nishikori scored 168 points vs Giannessi’s 144. Nishikori was quite aggressive to blast 65 winners.

About the serving games, Nishikori managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Kei Nishikori was very effective on serve to win 73% (65/89) of his 1st serve and 54% (29/54) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 7 times. Kei broke Giannessi 10 times after converting 34% of his break points (10/29).

Nishikori has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2015, 2017 and 2019. See his history.

French Open

Nishikori's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Khachanov and Nishikori played 1 match. At the moment, Kei Nishikori lost 2 sets while Karen Khachanov hasn’t lost a set so far. Khachanov has played 2 set(s) less than Nishikori (3 vs 5). Therefore, Khachanov played 28 games less than Nishikori. Khachanov scored 38 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 65 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Khachanov managed to score 5 aces . Nishikori struck 2 aces . Khachanov won 86% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% 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 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Russian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Khachanov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Nishikori conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 7Main
• 2Chall
• 5Minor

• 0Slam
• 12Main
• 8Chall
• 1Minor

Karen
Khachanov

2:5

Kei
Nishikori

Rank

19

High

8

0Hard2

0Clay2

0I.hard1

2Grass0

Rank

74

High

4

Win Loss

Khachanov

L

Nishikori

LWWWW

2025 2024 2023

0 - 1

4 - 1

0-1

Hard

4-1

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