Kei Nishikori and Nikoloz Basilashvili will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Como Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTER 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.46
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Kei Nishikori and Nikoloz Basilashvili fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Nishikori won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the quarter in Metz back in 2018.
Kei Nishikori
5 - 5win/loss
222
4
WWLWWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 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. 222, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Kei had a good straight sets win against Vincent Ruggeri (6-2 6-1). During the match, Nishikori scored 61 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 36. Nishikori was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nishikori scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Kei Nishikori was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nishikori broke Vincent Ruggeri 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Nishikori has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (262-115). 2-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nishikori has an overall 72-32 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kei has a composed 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Nishikori has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
38 - 23win/loss
361
16
LWWLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-24 | 5-5 | 27-15 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-14 | 4-6 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 361, Nikoloz reached the 2nd round after defeating Matthew Dellavedova 7-6(2) 6-2 and Jozef Kovalik 6-2 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nikoloz defeated Kovalik (6-2 2-6 6-4). During the match Basilashvili scored 93 points vs Kovalik’s 82. The Georgean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Kovalik 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Nikoloz’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger.
Nikoloz has a compiled 38-23 win-loss record in 2024, 27-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishikori | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 47 |
| Pts | 61-36 | 168-144 |
| Total Points | 97 | 312 |
| Winners | 23 | 62 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Nishikori played 1 match while Basilashvili competed in 2 matches. Basilashvili started his run from the qualifications while Nishikori had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nikoloz Basilashvili dropped 1 set while Kei Nishikori hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nishikori has played 3 set(s) less than Basilashvili (2 vs 5). Therefore, Nishikori played 32 games less than Basilashvili. The Japanese scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz blasted 62 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishikori | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 95/154 |
| %1st in | 62% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 62/95 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 34/59 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 58% |
Nishikori managed to score 1 ace . Basilashvili also scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Nishikori won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishikori | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 44% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 15 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Nishikori had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Nikoloz broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishikori | |||
| R1 Vincent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 61-36 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Basilashvili | ||||
| Q3 Dellavedova |
R1 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-2 | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 26 | 47 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 93-82 | 168-144 | |
| Total points | 137 | 175 | 312 | |
| Winners | 26 | 36 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 53/88 | 95/154 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 60% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 36/53 | 62/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 68% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 19/35 | 34/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 54% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/7 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 57% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 2/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 40% | 110% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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