Kei Nishikori and Constant Lestienne will play each other in the quarter of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.36
Constant Lestienne -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Constant Lestienne
There is no head to head record between Kei Nishikori and Constant Lestienne since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Kei Nishikori
14 - 10win/loss
105
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. 140, Kei got to the quarter after beating Marton Fucsovics 6-2 1-6 6-1 and Lukas Klein 6-3 6-7(3) 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese defeated Klein (6-3 6-73 6-1). During the match, Nishikori scored 101 points vs Klein’s 82. Kei was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nishikori scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Kei Nishikori conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (45/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (25/36) on the 2nd serve. Nishikori broke Klein 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nishikori has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Nishikori has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (271-120). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nishikori has a compiled 47-20 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese has a composed 14-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Constant Lestienne
24 - 27win/loss
196
48
WLWLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-30 | 15-14 | 0-3 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 22-12 | 0-5 | 7-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 25-6 | 4-7 | 18-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 10-3 | 4-9 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 196, Constant reached the quarter after beating Laslo Djere 3-6 7-6(5) 7-5 and Mikhail Kukushkin 3-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Kukushkin, Constant recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Lestienne scored 82 points vs Kukushkin’s 63. Lestienne was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Lestienne managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Constant Lestienne was exceptionally effective on serve to win 91% (30/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Constant broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Constant has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Rennes Challenger.
The French player has a composed 24-27 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nishikori | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 58 |
| Pts | 174-143 | 193-176 |
| Total Points | 317 | 369 |
| Winners | 79 | 78 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Nishikori and Lestienne played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Kei Nishikori conceded 2 sets, while Constant Lestienne conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Nishikori and Lestienne have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Nishikori played 7 games less than Lestienne. The Japanese scored 79 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Lestienne scored 78 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nishikori | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 114/166 | 104/168 |
| %1st in | 69% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 79/114 | 78/104 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 35/52 | 37/64 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 58% |
Nishikori managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Lestienne also struck 17 aces (8.5 per match). Nishikori won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Lestienne won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nishikori | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/23 |
| % Converted | 54% | 30% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Nishikori broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Constant broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Constant conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nishikori | ||||
| R1 Fucsovics |
R2 Klein |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-73 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 101-82 | 174-143 | |
| Total points | 134 | 183 | 317 | |
| Winners | 34 | 45 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/64 | 66/102 | 114/166 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 65% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 45/66 | 79/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 68% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 25/36 | 35/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 69% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lestienne | ||||
| R1 Djere |
R2 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 7-5 | 3-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 24 | 58 | |
| pts | 111-113 | 82-63 | 193-176 | |
| Total points | 224 | 145 | 369 | |
| Winners | 48 | 30 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 71/110 | 33/58 | 104/168 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 48/71 | 30/33 | 78/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 91% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 15/25 | 37/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 60% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 4/12 | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 33% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 0% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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