Jack Draper and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 1^st round of the Erste Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Draper who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jack Draper is the pick to win this match.
Jack Draper -> 1.41
Kei Nishikori -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Jack Draper vs. Kei Nishikori

This will be the 2^nd time that Jack Draper and Kei Nishikori clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Draper (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Draper won 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in Paris back in July 2024.

Jack Draper

Ranked no. 18 (career-high), Jack will start his run in Vienna after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 7-5 2-1 ret. to Humbert in the quarter on the 29^th of September.

Draper has an aggregate 32-21 win-loss record in 2024, 0-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Stuttgart where he beat Matteo Berrettini in the final 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Jack has an overall 219-103 record. He has a positive 72-26 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Vienna

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 141, Kei will start his run in Vienna after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(6) 6-4

to Tsitsipas in the 2^nd round on the 4^th of October.

Nishikori has an aggregate 12-9 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 582-272 record. He has a positive 101-41 record on indoor hard courts.

Tennis Scores in Vienna

• Neal Skupski/Michael VenusSkupski/Michael Venus – Rafael Matos/Marcelo MeloMatos/Marcelo Melo (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Dominic ThiemThiem – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Tommy PaulPaul (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction