Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray will play each other in the 1st round of the San Diego Open for the 12th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on BARNES STADIUM. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.666
Andy Murray -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Andy Murray
This will be the 12th time that Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray fight against each other. The head to head is 9-2 for Murray (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Murray won 2-6 6-1 7-6(0) 6-1 in the quarter in at the French Open back in 2017.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 52, Nishikori will start his run in San Diego after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 6-2 to Djokovic in the 3rd round on the 4th of September.
Kei has an overall 25-16 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Nishikori’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Washington.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 559-259 record. He has a positive 274-129 record on hard.
Previously in San Diego
Kei has never competed in this tournament before.
Andy Murray
Ranked no. 109, the Brit will start his run in San Diego after he played his last match in Metz where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Hurkacz in the quarter on the 24th of September.
Andy has a compiled 13-10 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Murray’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, Murray has an overall 782-245 record. He has a positive 363-106 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in San Diego
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Andy MurrayMurray (2-9) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alex BoltBolt (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Cameron NorrieNorrie (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Christopher EubanksEubanks (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Tommy PaulPaul (2-0) – H2H and prediction