Kei Nishikori and Jordan Thompson will fight against each other in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 18. 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 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.42
Jordan Thompson -> 2.96

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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Jordan Thompson

This will be the 2nd time that Kei Nishikori and Jordan Thompson square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Nishikori won 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in Brisbane back in 2017.

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 53, Kei got to the 2nd round after beating Alexei Popyrin 6-4 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Kei had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (6-4 6-4 6-4). During the match, Nishikori scored 105 points vs Popyrin’s 85. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nishikori bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kei Nishikori was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (41/56) of his 1st serve and 74% (25/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Popyrin 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Nishikori has a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (363-153). 2-1 on grass in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nishikori has an aggregate 36-15 win-loss record in the last years on grass.

The Japanese has an overall 15-12 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2019. See his history.

Wimbledon
Nishikori's Record

Jordan Thompson

Ranked no. 78, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Casper Ruud 7-66 7-63 2-6 2-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, Thompson had a tough win against Ruud to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (7-66 7-63 2-6 2-6 6-2). During the match Thompson scored 157 points vs Ruud’s 155. Thompson was extremely aggressive to blast 63 winners.

About the serving games, Thompson made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jordan Thompson was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (63/82) of his 1st serve and 56% (42/75) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 5 times. The Australian broke Ruud 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Thompson has a composed 11-13 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Wimbledon
Thompson's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Nishikori
J.Thompson
1h:58
1h:58
Time on court​
!
4h:03
4h:03
1h:58
1h:58
Last match​
!
4h:03
4h:03
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
50
50
3
3
Set played​​
5
5
105
105
Total points​
157
157
105
105
Avg point​
157
157
41
41
Winners
63
63
41
41
Avg Winners​
63
63
39%
39%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
8
8
6
6
Avg Aces
8
8
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2
2
41/56
41/56
1st won total​
63/82
63/82
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
25/34
25/34
2nd won total​
42/75
42/75
!
74%
74%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
BP won
3/7
3/7
3/11
3/11
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
!
27%
27%
Won
43%
43%
7
7
Conceded
18
18
7
7
Avg Conceded
18
18
0
0
Broken
5
5
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
5
5
7
7
Saved
13
13
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nishikori Thompson
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 5
Tot Games 30 50
Pts 105-85 157-155
Total Points 190 312
Winners 41 63
%Winners 39% 40%

Both Nishikori and Thompson played 1 match. At the moment, Jordan Thompson lost 2 sets while Kei Nishikori hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nishikori has played 2 set(s) less than Thompson (3 vs 5). Therefore, Nishikori played 20 games less than Thompson. Kei scored 41 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Jordan bagged 63 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nishikori Thompson
Aces 6 8
Avg per match 6 8
1st in 56/90 82/157
%1st in 62% 52%
1st pts 41/56 63/82
%1st pts 73% 77%
2nd pts 25/34 42/75
%2nd pts 74% 56%

Nishikori fired 6 aces . Thompson blasted 8 aces . Nishikori won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nishikori Thompson
Won 3 3
Converted 3/11 3/7
% Converted 27% 43%
Conceded 7 18
Saved 7 13
% Saved 100% 72%
Times Broken 0 5

The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Japanese pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 7 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Thompson conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Nishikori
R1
Popyrin		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 105-85 105-85
Total points 190 190
Winners 41 41
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 56/90 56/90
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 41/56 41/56
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 25/34 25/34
% 2nd pts 74% 74%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/11 3/11
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 7/7 7
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Thompson
R1
Ruud		 Total
Score 7-66 7-63 2-6 2-6 6-2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 50 50
pts 157-155 157-155
Total points 312 312
Winners 63 63
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 82/157 82/157
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 63/82 63/82
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 42/75 42/75
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 18 18
Saved 13/18 13
Saved % 72% 72%
Times Broken 5 5

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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