H2H, prediction of Kei Nishikori vs Jerome Kym in Helsinki Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 7th November 2024

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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Jerome Kym

Kei Nishikori and Jerome Kym will face off in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.6
Jerome Kym -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Jerome Kym

There is no head to head record between Kei Nishikori and Jerome Kym since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori

16 - 11win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
4-2
Clay
5-3
Grass
0-1
Rank
132
High
4
WLWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-11 7-5 5-3 4-2 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. 132, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (6-4 6-2). During the match, Nishikori scored 65 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 55. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nishikori made 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 48% of his first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Nishikori broke Alvarez Varona 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Nishikori has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (273-121). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nishikori has a composed 49-21 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Kei’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Bratislava 2 Challenger.

Nishikori has an aggregate 16-11 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Helsinki Challenger

Kei has never competed in this tournament before.

Nishikori
Helsinki Challenger
Nishikori's Record

Jerome Kym

Jerome Kym
Jerome Kym

59 - 19win/loss

Hard
14-4
I Hard
8-4
Clay
37-11
Rank
134
High
134
WLWWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 59-19 14-4 37-11 8-4 0-0 0-0
2023 23-9 0-0 18-9 0-0 0-0 5-0
2022 41-22 17-5 12-9 9-5 0-0 3-3
2021 5-6 0-0 3-2 1-3 0-0 1-1
2020 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 134 (career-high), the Swiss reached the 2nd round after defeating Abedallah Shelbayh 6-2 6-1.

In the 1st round, Jerome had a good straight sets win against Shelbayh (6-2 6-1). During the match Kym scored 52 points vs Shelbayh’s 31. Jerome was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Kym managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jerome Kym was very effective on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kym broke Shelbayh 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Prostejov Challenger where he overcame Chun Hsin Tseng in the final 6-2 3-6 6-2 and the Zug Challenger where he defeated Roman Andres Burruchaga in the final 6-4 6-4.

Jerome has an overall 59-19 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Kym
Helsinki Challenger
Kym's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Nishikori
J.Kym
1h:18
1h:18
Time on court​
0h:53
0h:53
1h:18
1h:18
Last match​
!
0h:53
0h:53
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
15
15
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
65
65
Total points​
52
52
65
65
Avg point​
52
52
25
25
Winners
24
24
25
25
Avg Winners​
24
24
38%
38%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
3
3
Avg Aces
3
3
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
3
3
25/31
25/31
1st won total​
24/27
24/27
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
89%
89%
15/33
15/33
2nd won total​
8/15
8/15
45%
45%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
4/7
4/7
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
57%
57%
Won
!
57%
57%
4
4
Conceded
0
0
4
4
Avg Conceded
0
0
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nishikori Kym
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 15
Pts 65-55 52-31
Total Points 120 83
Winners 25 24
%Winners 38% 46%

Both Nishikori and Kym played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nishikori and Kym have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nishikori played 3 games more than Kym. The Japanese scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kym fired 24 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nishikori Kym
Aces 3 3
Avg per match 3 3
1st in 31/64 27/42
%1st in 48% 64%
1st pts 25/31 24/27
%1st pts 81% 89%
2nd pts 15/33 8/15
%2nd pts 45% 53%

Nishikori recorded 3 aces . Kym made 3 aces . Nishikori won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kym won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nishikori Kym
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
% Converted 57% 57%
Conceded 4 0
Saved 3 0
% Saved 75% 0%
Times Broken 1 0

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Nishikori dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kym broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kym was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Nishikori
R1
Alvarez
Total
Score 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 65-55 65-55
Total points 120 120
Winners 25 25
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 31/64 31/64
% 1st in 48% 48%
1st pts 25/31 25/31
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 15/33 15/33
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Kym
R1
Shelbayh
Total
Score 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 52-31 52-31
Total points 83 83
Winners 24 24
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 27/42 27/42
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 24/27 24/27
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 8/15 8/15
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nishikori
WLWWWLLWLW
Kym
WLWWLWWLWW
2024 2023 2022
15 - 11
58 - 19
6-5
Hard
14-4
4-2
I Hard
7-4
5-3
Clay
37-11

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