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

Kei Nishikori

14 - 10win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
2-1
Clay
5-3
Grass
0-1
Rank
140
High
4
WWLLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-10 7-5 5-3 2-1 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)

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Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Bratislava 2 Challenger
Nishikori's Record

Constant Lestienne

Constant Lestienne

24 - 27win/loss

Hard
14-14
I Hard
7-6
Clay
0-3
Grass
3-4
Rank
196
High
48
WWLWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-27 14-14 0-3 7-6 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).

Bratislava 2 Challenger
Lestienne's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

K.Nishikori
C.Lestienne
3h:31
3h:31
Time on court​
4h:20
4h:20
1h:59
1h:59
Last match​
1h:49
1h:49
2
2
Match played
2
2
51
51
Games Played​
58
58
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
174
174
Total points​
193
193
87
87
Avg point​
96.5
96.5
79
79
Winners
78
78
39.5
39.5
Avg Winners​
39
39
45%
45%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
17
17
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
8.5
8.5
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
79/114
79/114
1st won total​
78/104
78/104
69%
69%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
35/52
35/52
2nd won total​
37/64
37/64
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
7/13
7/13
BP won
7/23
7/23
3.5/6.5
3.5/6.5
Avg BP won
3.5/11.5
3.5/11.5
!
54%
54%
Won
30%
30%
10
10
Conceded
8
8
5
5
Avg Conceded
4
4
2
2
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
8
8
Saved
4
4

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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