Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Kei Nishikori will play each other in the quarter of the Genova Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.87
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Jaume Antoni Munar Clar vs. Kei Nishikori
There is no head to head record between Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
24 - 26win/loss
62
52
LLWLLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-32 | 5-9 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 1-7 | 26-19 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 14-10 | 27-12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-27 | 1-4 | 36-19 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, Munar Clar got to the quarter after defeating Moez Echargui 1-6 4-4 ret. and Kilian Feldbausch 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Jaume Antoni had a good straight sets win against Feldbausch (7-5 6-4). During the match, Munar Clar scored 83 points vs Feldbausch’s 74. Jaume Antoni was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Munar Clar was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Munar Clar put 55% of his first serves in, winning 61% (25/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Feldbausch 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Munar Clar has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (357-262). 18-15 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Munar Clar has an aggregate 280-158 record in the last years on clay.
Jaume Antoni’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Aix En Provence Challenger.
Munar Clar has an aggregate 23-26 win-loss record in 2024, 18-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
Jaume Antoni has never competed in this tournament before.
Kei Nishikori
8 - 6win/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, Nishikori reached the quarter after beating Matthew Dellavedova 6-4 6-4 and Juan Pablo Varillas 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Nishikori had a good straight sets win against Pablo Patino-Samudio (6-2 6-3). During the match Nishikori scored 76 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s 59. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishikori made 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 56% of his first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Kei broke Pablo Patino-Samudio 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishikori hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Nishikori has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Munar Clar | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 37 |
| Pts | 133-135 | 144-117 |
| Total Points | 268 | 261 |
| Winners | 48 | 40 |
| %Winners | 36% | 28% |
Both Munar Clar and Nishikori played 2 matches. At the moment, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar lost 1 set while Kei Nishikori hasn’t dropped a set so far. Munar Clar has played 1 set more than Nishikori (5 vs 4). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (37). Munar Clar scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Nishikori scored 40 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Munar Clar | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 70/132 | 64/108 |
| %1st in | 53% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 48/70 | 40/64 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 30/62 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Munar Clar bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Nishikori made 4 aces (2 per match). Munar Clar won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Munar Clar | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 11/27 |
| % Converted | 45% | 41% |
| Conceded | 14 | 13 |
| Saved | 9 | 8 |
| % Saved | 64% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Munar Clar dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Nishikori broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Kei conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Munar Clar | ||||
| R1 Echargui |
R2 Feldbausch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 4-4 ret. | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 37 | |
| pts | 50-61 | 83-74 | 133-135 | |
| Total points | 111 | 157 | 268 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 30% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 29/57 | 41/75 | 70/132 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 55% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 25/41 | 48/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 61% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 20/34 | 30/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 59% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 0/3 | 5/8 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 63% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 63% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Nishikori | ||||
| R1 Dellavedova |
R2 Pablo Patino-Samudio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 76-59 | 144-117 | |
| Total points | 126 | 135 | 261 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 26% | 28% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 32/57 | 64/108 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | 40/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 13/25 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/18 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 5/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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