Kei Nishikori and Jerome Kym will face off in the 2^nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1^st 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.

As 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

Ranked no. 132, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st 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.

Jerome Kym

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

In the 1^st 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)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

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

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