H2H, prediction of Kei Nishikori vs Michael Zheng in Palmas Del Mar Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th June 2023

PREVIEW. Palmas Del Mar Challenger. Nishikori and Zheng will fight against each other in the final of the Palmas del Mar Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Sunday the 18th of June

Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Michael Zheng

Kei Nishikori and Michael Zheng will square off in the final of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:00 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.118
Michael Zheng -> 5.8

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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Michael Zheng

There is no head to head record between Kei Nishikori and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
132
High
4
WWWLWWWLLW
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, Nishikori reached the final after defeating Christian Langmo 6-2 6-4, Mitchell Krueger 4-6 6-3 6-2, Adam Walton 6-4 6-2 and Gustavo Heide 6-4 6-2.

In the semifinal, Nishikori had a good straight sets win against Heide (6-4 6-2). During the match, Nishikori scored 62 points vs Heide’s 52. Kei was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nishikori scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Kei Nishikori was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Heide 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kei has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Nishikori has a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (305-121). 4-0 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nishikori has an overall 138-56 record in the last years on hard.

Kei’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Palmas del Mar Challenger.

Kei has a compiled 4-0 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Nishikori
Palmas del Mar Challenger
Nishikori's Record

Michael Zheng

Michael Zheng
Michael Zheng

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
755
High
520
LWWWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 9-6 9-5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 13-11 13-10 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 11-6 2-1 9-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 7-5 1-1 3-2 3-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 893, Zheng got to the final after defeating Nathan Ponwith 6-4 7-66, Daniel Rodrigues 6-3 6-1, Steven Diez 6-3 6-0, Marius Copil 6-1 6-3, Alexis Galarneau 6-3 0-6 6-3 and Beibit Zhukayev 3-6 6-3 7-64.

In the semifinal against Zhukayev, Zheng recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-64). During the match Zheng scored 113 points vs Zhukayev’s 100. Michael was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Zheng recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Michael Zheng was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (47/61) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Zhukayev twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Michael started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Michael’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Palmas del Mar Challenger.

The American has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

K.Nishikori
M.Zheng
6h:51
6h:51
Time on court​
!
11h:05
11h:05
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
!
2h:43
2h:43
4
4
Match played
!
6
6
81
81
Games Played​
125
125
9
9
Set played​​
14
14
286
286
Total points​
477
477
71.5
71.5
Avg point​
79.5
79.5
116
116
Winners
178
178
29
29
Avg Winners​
29.7
29.7
41%
41%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
33
33
0.8
0.8
Avg Aces
5.5
5.5
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1
1
116/164
116/164
1st won total​
178/233
178/233
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
43/72
43/72
2nd won total​
96/176
96/176
60%
60%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
16/33
16/33
BP won
22/51
22/51
4/8.3
4/8.3
Avg BP won
3.7/8.5
3.7/8.5
48%
48%
Won
43%
43%
9
9
Conceded
37
37
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
6.2
6.2
5
5
Broken
9
9
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
4
4
Saved
28
28

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nishikori Zheng
Match played 4 6
Tot Set 9 14
Tot Games 81 125
Pts 286-228 477-373
Total Points 514 850
Winners 116 178
%Winners 41% 37%

Nishikori played 4 matches while Zheng competed in 6 matches. Zheng started his run from the qualifications while Nishikori had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Kei Nishikori conceded 1 set, while Michael Zheng surrendered 2 sets. Nishikori has played 5 set(s) less than Zheng (9 vs 14). Therefore, Nishikori played 44 games less than Zheng. Kei scored 116 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Michael scored 178 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nishikori Zheng
Aces 3 33
Avg per match 0.8 5.5
1st in 164/236 233/409
%1st in 69% 57%
1st pts 116/164 178/233
%1st pts 71% 76%
2nd pts 43/72 96/176
%2nd pts 60% 55%

Nishikori recorded 3 aces (0.8 per match). Zheng managed to score 33 aces (5.5 per match). Nishikori won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nishikori Zheng
Won 16 22
Converted 16/33 22/51
% Converted 48% 43%
Conceded 9 37
Saved 4 28
% Saved 44% 76%
Times Broken 5 9

Nishikori broke his opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 22 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Nishikori
R1
Langmo
R2
Krueger
1/4
Walton
1/2
Heide
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 9
Tot Games 18 27 18 18 81
pts 71-56 92-74 61-46 62-52 286-228
Total points 127 166 107 114 514
Winners 24 37 27 28 116
%Winners 34% 40% 44% 45% 41%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 0 1 3
Double Faults 2 0 1 1 4
1st in 33/49 55/75 40/56 36/56 164/236
% 1st in 67% 73% 71% 64% 69%
1st pts 24/33 37/55 27/40 28/36 116/164
% 1st pts 73% 67% 68% 78% 71%
2nd pts 10/16 13/20 9/16 11/20 43/72
% 2nd pts 63% 65% 56% 55% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 5 4 3 16
Converted 4/11 5/11 4/5 3/6 16/33
Converted % 36% 45% 80% 50% 48%
Conceded 3 3 2 1 9
Saved 2/3 0/3 1/2 1/1 4
Saved % 67% 0% 50% 100% 54%
Times Broken 1 3 1 0 5
Zheng
Q1
Ponwith
Q3
Rodrigues
R1
Diez
R2
Copil
1/4
Galarneau
1/2
Zhukayev
Total
Score 6-4 7-66 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-3 0-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-64
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 3 3 14
Tot Games 23 16 15 16 24 31 125
pts 79-60 66-49 62-36 67-45 90-83 113-100 477-373
Total points 139 115 98 112 173 213 850
Winners 28 23 26 26 28 47 178
%Winners 35% 35% 42% 39% 31% 42% 37%
SERVE
Aces 6 3 5 5 5 9 33
Double Faults 0 0 1 1 3 1 6
1st in 33/57 30/64 34/51 33/58 42/81 61/98 233/409
% 1st in 58% 47% 67% 57% 52% 62% 57%
1st pts 28/33 23/30 26/34 26/33 28/42 47/61 178/233
% 1st pts 85% 77% 76% 79% 67% 77% 76%
2nd pts 18/24 16/34 8/17 15/25 19/39 20/37 96/176
% 2nd pts 75% 47% 47% 60% 49% 54% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 5 5 4 4 2 22
Converted 2/9 5/9 5/8 4/6 4/12 2/7 22/51
Converted % 22% 56% 63% 67% 33% 29% 43%
Conceded 1 9 3 5 11 8 37
Saved 0/1 8/9 2/3 5/5 7/11 6/8 28
Saved % 0% 89% 67% 100% 64% 75% 99%
Times Broken 1 1 1 0 4 2 9

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nishikori
WWWLWWWLLW
Zheng
LWWWWWLWWL
2024 2023 2022
17 - 11
9 - 6
6-5
Hard
9-5
6-2
I Hard
0-0
5-3
Clay
0-1
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