Denis Shapovalov and Kei Nishikori will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.53
Kei Nishikori -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 3rd time that Denis Shapovalov and Kei Nishikori square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Shapovalov and Nishikori (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Nishikori won 7-6(1) 6-3 in the 3rd round in Washington back in 2018.
Denis Shapovalov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-25 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 16-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 56, the Canadian will start his run in Hong Kong after he played his last match in 0 where he lost 4-6 7-5 7-6(5) to Struff in the Rubber 2 on the 20th of November.
Shapovalov has a compiled 33-25 win-loss record in 2024, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Belgrade where he defeated Hamad Medjedovic in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Shapovalov has an overall 309-207 record. He has a positive 133-89 record on hard.
Previously in Hong Kong
Shapovalov has never competed in this tournament before.
Kei Nishikori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 106, will start his run in Hong Kong after he won the title in the Helsinki Challenger after beating 3-6 6-4 6-1 Nardi in the final.
Nishikori has an overall 20-11 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Helsinki Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 3-6 6-4 6-1.
The Japanese won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 590-274 record. He has a positive 292-138 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
