Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori will square off in the quarter of the Olympics for the 19th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.107
Kei Nishikori -> 10
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 19th time that Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori clash against each other. The head to head is 16-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 6-1 4-1 ret. in the quarter in at the Australian Open back in 2019.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Kei Nishikori – Australian Open 23-January-2019
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Novak reached the quarter after defeating Hugo Dellien 6-2 6-2, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 6-3 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 6-1.
In the 3rd round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (6-3 6-1). During the match, Djokovic scored 67 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 44. Djokovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Djokovic bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke Davidovich Fokina 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Djokovic has a great win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (577-84). 12-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has an overall 300-37 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in at the Australian Open where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-5 6-2 6-2 and in in Belgrade where he overcame Alex Molcan in the final 6-4 6-3 and in at the French Open where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 and in at the Wimbledon where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-3.
Djokovic has an overall 37-3 win-loss record in 2021, 12-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Olympics
Previously, his best result was reaching the Bro. in 2008 and 2012. See his history.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 69, Nishikori reached the quarter after beating Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4, Marcos Giron 7-65 3-6 6-1 and Ilya Ivashka 7-67 6-0.
In the 3rd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (7-67 6-0). During the match Nishikori scored 81 points vs Ivashka’s 66. Kei was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishikori scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 61% of his first serves in, winning 53% (24/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Ivashka 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishikori started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Japanese has an overall 18-13 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Djokovic | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 67 |
| Pts | 191-120 | 239-205 |
| Total Points | 311 | 444 |
| Winners | 78 | 94 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Djokovic and Nishikori played 3 matches. At the moment, Kei Nishikori surrendered 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Nishikori (6 vs 7). Therefore, Djokovic played 16 games less than Nishikori. Djokovic scored 78 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Kei scored 94 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Djokovic | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 30 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 95/142 | 146/234 |
| %1st in | 67% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 78/95 | 94/146 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 30/45 | 52/84 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 62% |
Djokovic managed to score 30 aces (10 per match). Nishikori recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Djokovic won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Djokovic | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 13 |
| Converted | 11/22 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Novak broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Novak lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Nishikori conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Djokovic | |||||
| R1 Dellien |
R2 Struff |
R3 Davidovich Fokina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 16 | 51 | |
| pts | 61-31 | 63-45 | 67-44 | 191-120 | |
| Total points | 92 | 108 | 111 | 311 | |
| Winners | 18 | 34 | 26 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 54% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 14 | 9 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 22/36 | 41/58 | 32/48 | 95/142 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 71% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 34/41 | 26/32 | 78/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 83% | 81% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/14 | 7/16 | 9/15 | 30/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 44% | 60% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/3 | 4/9 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 100% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nishikori | |||||
| R1 Rublev |
R2 Giron |
R3 Ivashka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-65 3-6 6-1 | 7-67 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 | 19 | 67 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 96-91 | 81-66 | 239-205 | |
| Total points | 110 | 187 | 147 | 444 | |
| Winners | 28 | 42 | 24 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% | 30% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 62/100 | 45/74 | 146/234 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 62% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 42/62 | 24/45 | 94/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 68% | 53% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 20/36 | 17/27 | 52/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 56% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/7 | 6/11 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 55% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/6 | 1/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 25% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
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L Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-1 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-67 6-0) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Liam BroadyBroady (7-63 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-6(7) 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Liam BroadyBroady (7-6(3) 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-1 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-6 7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Kei NishikoriNishikori (16-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
