H2H, prediction of Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Kei Nishikori in Shanghai with odds, preview, pick | 4th October 2024

PREVIEW. Shanghai. Tsitsipas and Nishikori will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 4th of October

Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Kei Nishikori

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kei Nishikori will play each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.55
Kei Nishikori -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Kei Nishikori

This will be the 4th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kei Nishikori fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Nishikori won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Montreal back in August 2024.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – Montreal 08-August-2024

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas

37 - 18win/loss

Hard
11-10
I Hard
2-0
Clay
22-6
Grass
2-2
Rank
11
High
3
LWWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 45-22 13-11 22-6 8-3 2-2 0-0
2023 51-24 19-9 17-5 11-6 4-4 0-0
2022 61-24 18-8 17-4 18-9 8-3 0-0
2021 55-19 26-8 23-5 6-5 0-1 0-0
2020 29-14 11-6 11-3 7-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 12, Tsitsipas will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 4-6 6-1 6-2 to Michelsen in the 1st round on the 26th of September.

Tsitsipas has an aggregate 37-18 win-loss record in 2024, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title in Carlo where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 6-1 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Tsitsipas has an overall 481-221 record. He has a positive 179-95 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.

Tsitsipas
Shanghai
Tsitsipas's Record

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori

12 - 8win/loss

Hard
7-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-3
Grass
0-1
Rank
107
High
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. 153, Kei reached the 2nd round after beating Mariano Navone 3-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Navone, Kei recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Nishikori scored 98 points vs Navone’s 91. Nishikori was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Nishikori scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Kei Nishikori lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Nishikori broke Navone 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).

The Japanese has an aggregate 12-8 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2011. See his history.

Nishikori
Shanghai
Nishikori's Record
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Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Tsitsipas
LWWWLWWLWL
Nishikori
WWWWWLWWWL
2024 2023 2022
44 - 22
19 - 11
13-11
Hard
6-5
7-3
I Hard
8-2
22-6
Clay
5-3
2-2
Grass
0-1

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