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H2H Kei Nishikori vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | French Open preview, odds, prediction

Nishikori and Tsonga will face off in the 2nd round of the French Open. See their H2H stats, betting odds, preview and predictions

Mark Hall

29 May 2019

Kei Nishikori and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will square off in the 2^nd round of the French Open for the 9^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday as the second match on COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER (1 pm?).

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 7, Kei got to the 2^nd round after beating Quentin Halys 6-2 6-3 6-4.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Brisbane where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-4 3-6 6-2.

Nishikori has a 20-9 win-loss record in 2019, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

The Japanese lost in the 4^th round 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4 to Dominic Thiem.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Ranked no. 82, the French got to the 2^nd round after beating Peter Gojowczyk 7-6⁴ 6-1 4-6 6-3.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Montpellier where he beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 6-4 6-2.

Jo-Wilfried has a 20-10 win-loss record in 2019, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the French Open

Tsonga didn’t play at the French Open in 2018 as he was still struggling with his knee.

Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

This will be the 9^th time that Kei Nishikori and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga play each other. The head to head is 5-3 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but Tsonga leads 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Tsonga won 0-6 6-3 7-6³ in the 3^rd round in Paris back in 2016.