Jack Draper and Kei Nishikori will play each other in the 1st round of the Olympics for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Court 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Draper who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jack Draper is the pick to win this match.
Jack Draper -> 1.27
Kei Nishikori -> 3.78

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Prediction and head to head Jack Draper vs. Kei Nishikori

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

Jack Draper

Jack Draper

21 - 14win/loss

Hard
9-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-6
Grass
8-2
Rank
26
High
26
LWLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-14 9-6 4-6 0-0 8-2 0-0
2023 34-15 15-8 3-3 16-4 0-0 0-0
2022 46-19 12-6 2-2 26-7 6-4 0-0
2021 18-16 6-6 7-5 3-2 2-2 0-1
2020 17-6 2-1 0-0 14-4 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 26 (career-high), Jack will start his run in Olympics after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 7-6(3) 6-4 7-6(6) to Norrie in the 2nd round on the 4th of July.

The Brit has an overall 21-14 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Stuttgart where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Jack has an overall 208-96 record. He has a positive 23-18 record on clay.

Previously in Olympics

Jack has never competed in this tournament before.

Paris
Draper's Record

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori

1 - 3win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-1
Grass
0-1
Rank
435
High
4
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. 435, Nishikori will start his run in Paris after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 5-7 6-4 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 to Rinderknech in the 1st round on the 3rd of July.

The Japanese has a compiled 1-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 571-266 record. He has a positive 136-61 record on clay.

Paris
Nishikori's Record

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