H2H, prediction of Gustavo Heide vs Kei Nishikori in Palmas Del Mar Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 17th June 2023

PREVIEW. Palmas Del Mar Challenger. Heide and Nishikori will play each other in the semifinal of the Palmas del Mar Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Saturday the 17th of June

Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Kei Nishikori

Gustavo Heide and Kei Nishikori will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM 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 Kei Nishikori who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.34
Gustavo Heide -> 3.125

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Prediction and head to head Gustavo Heide vs. Kei Nishikori

There is no head to head record between Gustavo Heide and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Gustavo Heide

Gustavo Heide
Gustavo Heide

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
168
High
142
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-23 0-1 30-20 0-1 0-1 0-0
2023 33-22 9-5 24-17 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-13 3-2 24-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 31-14 4-5 27-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 423, the Brazilian got to the semifinal after beating Ji Sung Nam 6-4 6-4, Marius Copil 6-3 6-4, Tristan Schoolkate 7-63 6-3, Alex Rybakov 6-3 6-4 and Bernard Tomic 7-62 6-75 6-1.

In the quarter, The Brazilian defeated Tomic (7-62 6-75 6-1). During the match, Heide scored 111 points vs Tomic’s 95. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Heide managed to score 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gustavo Heide was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (49/61) of his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Heide broke Tomic 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brazilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Heide has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (83-42). 7-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Heide has an aggregate14-9 record in the last 6 years on hard.

The Brazilian has an overall 13-9 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger

Heide has never competed in this tournament before.

Heide
Palmas del Mar Challenger
Heide's Record

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
132
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-11 7-5 5-3 6-2 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 semifinal after beating Christian Langmo 6-2 6-4, Mitchell Krueger 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Adam Walton 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Kei had a good straight sets win against Walton (6-4 6-2). During the match Nishikori scored 61 points vs Walton’s 46. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Nishikori wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kei Nishikori lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. Nishikori broke Walton 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nishikori has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Nishikori has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Nishikori
Palmas del Mar Challenger
Nishikori's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Heide
K.Nishikori
!
8h:16
8h:16
Time on court​
5h:25
5h:25
!
2h:29
2h:29
Last match​
1h:23
1h:23
!
5
5
Match played
3
3
113
113
Games Played​
63
63
11
11
Set played​​
7
7
366
366
Total points​
224
224
73.2
73.2
Avg point​
74.7
74.7
160
160
Winners
88
88
32
32
Avg Winners​
29.3
29.3
44%
44%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
48
48
Aces
2
2
9.6
9.6
Avg Aces
0.7
0.7
9
9
Double Faults
3
3
1.8
1.8
Avg Double Faults
1
1
160/201
160/201
1st won total​
88/128
88/128
!
80%
80%
1st won %
69%
69%
80/125
80/125
2nd won total​
32/52
32/52
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
13/20
13/20
BP won
13/27
13/27
2.6/4
2.6/4
Avg BP won
4.3/9
4.3/9
!
65%
65%
Won
48%
48%
7
7
Conceded
8
8
1.4
1.4
Avg Conceded
2.7
2.7
2
2
Broken
5
5
!
0.4
0.4
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
5
5
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Heide Nishikori
Match played 5 3
Tot Set 11 7
Tot Games 113 63
Pts 366-293 224-176
Total Points 659 400
Winners 160 88
%Winners 44% 39%

Heide played 5 matches while Nishikori competed in 3 matches. Heide started his run from the qualifications while Nishikori had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Gustavo Heide dropped 1 set, while Kei Nishikori conceded 1 set. Heide has played 4 sets more than Nishikori (11 vs 7). Therefore, Heide played 50 games more than Nishikori. Heide scored 160 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Kei scored 88 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Heide Nishikori
Aces 48 2
Avg per match 9.6 0.7
1st in 201/326 128/180
%1st in 62% 71%
1st pts 160/201 88/128
%1st pts 80% 69%
2nd pts 80/125 32/52
%2nd pts 64% 62%

Heide bagged 48 aces (9.6 per match). Nishikori scored 2 aces (0.7 per match). Heide won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 69% of the points on 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 Heide Nishikori
Won 13 13
Converted 13/20 13/27
% Converted 65% 48%
Conceded 7 8
Saved 5 3
% Saved 71% 38%
Times Broken 2 5

Heide broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Heide conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kei conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.

Heide
Q1
Sung Nam
Q3
Copil
R1
Schoolkate
R2
Rybakov
1/4
Tomic
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4 7-63 6-3 6-3 6-4 7-62 6-75 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 3 11
Tot Games 20 19 22 19 33 113
pts 61-49 58-44 76-61 60-44 111-95 366-293
Total points 110 102 137 104 206 659
Winners 26 25 36 24 49 160
%Winners 43% 43% 47% 40% 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 8 4 13 4 19 48
Double Faults 0 3 4 0 2 9
1st in 33/50 30/49 45/74 32/52 61/101 201/326
% 1st in 66% 61% 61% 62% 60% 62%
1st pts 26/33 25/30 36/45 24/32 49/61 160/201
% 1st pts 79% 83% 80% 75% 80% 80%
2nd pts 14/17 12/19 16/29 14/20 24/40 80/125
% 2nd pts 82% 63% 55% 70% 60% 64%
Breaks
Won 2 3 2 3 3 13
Converted 2/4 3/3 2/3 3/5 3/5 13/20
Converted % 50% 100% 67% 60% 60% 65%
Conceded 0 0 3 1 3 7
Saved 0/0 0/0 2/3 0/1 3/3 5
Saved % 67% 0% 100% 33%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1 0 2
Nishikori
R1
Langmo
R2
Krueger
1/4
Walton
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 18 27 18 63
pts 71-56 92-74 61-46 224-176
Total points 127 166 107 400
Winners 24 37 27 88
%Winners 34% 40% 44% 39%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 0 2
Double Faults 2 0 1 3
1st in 33/49 55/75 40/56 128/180
% 1st in 67% 73% 71% 71%
1st pts 24/33 37/55 27/40 88/128
% 1st pts 73% 67% 68% 69%
2nd pts 10/16 13/20 9/16 32/52
% 2nd pts 63% 65% 56% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 5 4 13
Converted 4/11 5/11 4/5 13/27
Converted % 36% 45% 80% 48%
Conceded 3 3 2 8
Saved 2/3 0/3 1/2 3
Saved % 67% 0% 50% 23%
Times Broken 1 3 1 5

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Heide
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Nishikori
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2024 2023 2022
30 - 22
17 - 11
0-1
Hard
6-5
0-0
I Hard
6-2
30-20
Clay
5-3

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