Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.65
Kei Nishikori -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 7th time that Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Nishikori won 4-6 6-2 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Highlights Kei Nishikori vs Karen Khachanov – French Open 02-June-2021
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-22 | 14-12 | 8-4 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, Karen will start his run in Hong Kong after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3 to Humbert in the semifinal on the 2nd of November.
The Russian has a composed 37-22 win-loss record in 2024, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Doha where he defeated Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4 and in Almaty where he defeated Gabriel Diallo in the final 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 417-272 record. He has a positive 164-105 record on hard.
Previously in Hong Kong
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
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, Kei reached the 2nd round after beating Denis Shapovalov 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Nishikori had a good straight sets win against Shapovalov (6-2 6-3). During the match Nishikori scored 60 points vs Shapovalov’s 42. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Nishikori scored 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Kei Nishikori was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kei broke Shapovalov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Helsinki Challenger where he beat Luca Nardi in the final 3-6 6-4 6-1.
Kei has a compiled 20-11 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (3-6 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (4-6 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 7-69) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Learner TienTien (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Arthur FilsDavidovich Fokina/Arthur Fils – Pedro Martinez Portero/Jaume Antoni Munar ClarMartinez Portero/Jaume Antoni Munar Clar (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (3-6 6-3 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (4-6 7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Kei NishikoriNishikori (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-0) – H2H and prediction