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.
As 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
37 - 18win/loss
12
3
LWLLWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-18 | 11-10 | 22-6 | 2-0 | 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.
Kei Nishikori
12 - 8win/loss
153
4
WLWWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-8 | 7-4 | 5-3 | 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. 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.
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-69 7-66) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Li TuTu (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-65 7-68) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Luca NardiNardi (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (7-6(9) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Li TuTu (6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-7(6) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Zizou BergsBergs (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – David GoffinGoffin (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
