Kei Nishikori and Gabriel Debru will clash against each other in the quarter of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 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 -> 1.48
Gabriel Debru -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Gabriel Debru
There is no head to head record between Kei Nishikori and Gabriel Debru since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kei Nishikori
6 - 5win/loss
106
4
WWWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-11 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 8-2 | 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. 222, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-2 6-1 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 3-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Basilashvili, Kei had a free pass after Basilashvili retired on a 6-1 3-1 . scoreline.
Nishikori has a terrific win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (263-115). 3-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishikori has an aggregate 73-32 record in the last years on clay.
Kei has an aggregate 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Kei has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriel Debru
23 - 17win/loss
253
247
LWWWWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-24 | 6-4 | 25-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 4-2 | 31-13 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-18 | 5-3 | 11-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 381, Debru reached the quarter after defeating Benjamin Hassan 6-2 7-6(5) and Filip Cristian Jianu 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Debru had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (7-65 6-2). During the match Debru scored 69 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 54. The French player was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Debru bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gabriel Debru was very efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Cristian Jianu 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gabriel hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Troyes Challenger where he defeated Timofey Skatov in the final 6-3 6-7(1) 7-5.
Debru has an aggregate 23-17 win-loss record in 2024, 22-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishikori | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 42 |
| Pts | 107-58 | 154-122 |
| Total Points | 165 | 276 |
| Winners | 34 | 62 |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% |
Both Nishikori and Debru played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Nishikori has played 1 set more than Debru (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Nishikori played 16 games less than Debru. Nishikori scored 34 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Debru made 62 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishikori | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 46/86 | 78/121 |
| %1st in | 53% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 62/78 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 29/40 | 29/43 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 67% |
Nishikori fired 4 aces (2 per match). Debru managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Nishikori won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Debru won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishikori | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/21 |
| % Converted | 58% | 24% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Kei broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kei was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Gabriel broke his opponents 5 times with a 24% conversion rate. Debru conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishikori | ||||
| R1 Vincent |
R2 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-1 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 11 | 26 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 46-22 | 107-58 | |
| Total points | 97 | 68 | 165 | |
| Winners | 23 | 11 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 24% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 17/39 | 46/86 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 44% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 11/17 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 65% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 17/22 | 29/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 77% | 73% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/3 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 100% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debru | ||||
| R1 Hassan |
R2 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-65 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| pts | 85-68 | 69-54 | 154-122 | |
| Total points | 153 | 123 | 276 | |
| Winners | 35 | 27 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/61 | 37/60 | 78/121 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 27/37 | 62/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 73% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 17/23 | 29/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 74% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 3/10 | 5/21 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 30% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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