Andrey Rublev and Kei Nishikori will face off in the 1st round of the Olympics for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on Court 1. 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 Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.35
Kei Nishikori -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Kei Nishikori fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nishikori won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in 2018.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Russian will start his run in Olympics after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-0 6-3 to Fucsovics in the 4th round on the 5th of July.
Andrey has a compiled 36-11 win-loss record in 2021, 15-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Rotterdam where he overcame Marton Fucsovics in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Rublev has an overall 311-178 record. He has a positive 113-61 record on hard.
Previously in Olympics
Rublev has never competed in this tournament before.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 69, Nishikori will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3 to Thompson in the 2nd round on the 1st of July.
Kei has an overall 15-13 win-loss record in 2021, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Nishikori has an overall 549-256 record. He has a positive 264-126 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sumit NagalNagal – Denis IstominIstomin (6-4 6-76 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Tommy PaulPaul (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Pedro SousaSousa (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- John MillmanMillman – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo SonegoLorenzo – Taro DanielTaro (4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertUgo – Pablo AndujarPablo (7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicMiomir – Kamil MajchrzakKamil (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFabio – Yuichi SugitaYuichi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andy MurrayMurray – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Joao MenezesMenezes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Andrey RublevRublev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Federico CoriaCoria (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yen-Hsun LuLu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
