Sebastian Ofner and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 1^st round of the Miami Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.61
Kei Nishikori -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Kei Nishikori

There is no head to head record between Sebastian Ofner and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Sebastian Ofner

Ranked no. 40, Sebastian will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in the Phoenix Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 1-6 6-4 to Atmane in the 1^st round on the 13^th of March.

Ofner has a compiled 6-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ofner’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Hong Kong.

Talking about his overall career, The Austrian has an overall 303-222 record. He has a positive 94-62 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Sebastian has never competed in this tournament before.

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 351, Kei will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in Atlanta where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Fritz in the quarter on the 28^th of July.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of his career, Nishikori has an overall 570-263 record. He has a positive 285-133 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Miami

• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Marcos GironGiron (4-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Lukas KleinKlein (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juncheng ShangShang – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-6⁵ 4-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas MachacMachac – Darwin BlanchBlanch (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Arthur FilsFils (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Pedro CachinCachin (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-7³ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin DammDamm – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (7-6² 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andy MurrayMurray – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jack DraperDraper – Taro DanielDaniel (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Max PurcellPurcell (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andy MurrayMurray – Tomas Martin Etcheverry
  Martin Etcheverry (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Daniel EvansEvans (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emilio NavaNava – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction