Mitchell Krueger and Kei Nishikori will face off in the 2nd round of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:00 pm on Stadium Court. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.25
Mitchell Krueger -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Kei Nishikori
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-17 | 18-8 | 9-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258, Mitchell got to the 2nd round after beating Peter Gojowczyk 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Gojowczyk, Mitchell recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Krueger scored 99 points vs Gojowczyk’s 89. Mitchell was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krueger struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mitchell Krueger was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (44/55) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Gojowczyk 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Krueger has good match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (300-278). 8-9 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Krueger has an overall 201-171 match record in the last years on hard.
Krueger’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Monterrey Challenger.
The American has a compiled 14-15 win-loss record in 2023, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Kei Nishikori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-17 | 15-9 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 759, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Christian Langmo 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nishikori had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-2 6-4). During the match Nishikori scored 71 points vs Langmo’s 56. Nishikori was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishikori wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kei Nishikori was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nishikori broke Langmo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Kei has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 |
| Pts | 99-89 | 71-56 |
| Total Points | 188 | 127 |
| Winners | 44 | 24 |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% |
Both Krueger and Nishikori played 1 match. At the moment, Mitchell Krueger conceded 1 set while Kei Nishikori hasn’t dropped a set so far. Krueger has played 1 set more than Nishikori (3 vs 2). Therefore, Krueger played 12 games more than Nishikori. The American scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Nishikori fired 24 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 0 |
| 1st in | 55/86 | 33/49 |
| %1st in | 64% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 44/55 | 24/33 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 63% |
Krueger managed to score 10 aces . Nishikori didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Krueger won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% 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 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 25% | 36% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Krueger broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nishikori broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nishikori conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | |||
| R1 Gojowczyk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 99-89 | 99-89 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 55/86 | 55/86 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 44/55 | 44/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Nishikori | |||
| R1 Langmo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-56 | 71-56 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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