Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Kei Nishikori will face off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 2. 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 -> 1.64
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Jaume Antoni Munar Clar vs. Kei Nishikori

This will be the 2nd time that Jaume Antoni Munar Clar and Kei Nishikori fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Munar Clar (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Munar Clar won 2-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in the Genova Challenger back in 2024.

Jaume Antoni Munar Clar

Jaume Antoni Munar Clar

7 - 5win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
3-1
Clay
1-1
Rank
66
High
52
WLLLWLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-11 5-4 3-6 3-1 0-0 0-0
2024 32-32 5-9 25-17 1-4 1-2 0-0
2023 30-30 1-7 26-19 2-3 1-1 0-0
2022 44-29 14-10 27-12 2-5 1-2 0-0
2021 38-27 1-4 36-19 1-2 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 58, Jaume Antoni will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Rio De Janeiro where he lost 6-4 2-6 6-3 to Faria in the 2nd round on the 20th of February.

The Spaniard has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Hong Kong and Dallas.

Talking about his overall career, Jaume Antoni has an overall 398-282 record. He has a positive 69-67 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.

Indian Wells
Munar Clar's Record

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori

7 - 5win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
1-2
Rank
62
High
4
LWLWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-9 9-5 2-2 1-2 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. 76, the Japanese will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Delray Beach where he lost 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 to Mcdonald in the 1st round on the 11th of February.

Nishikori has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Nishikori’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Hong Kong.

In terms of his career, Kei has an overall 596-279 record. He has a positive 297-141 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2017. See his history.

Indian Wells
Nishikori's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

  • Damir DzumhurDzumhurRadu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Matteo GiganteGiganteBotic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
  • Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-BustaAlexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
  • Yosuke WatanukiWatanukiRudy QuanQuan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
  • Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashviliYasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
  • Adam WaltonWaltonMichael MmohMmoh (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
  • Hugo GastonGastonEliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
  • Giulio ZeppieriZeppieriMikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
  • Colton SmithSmithPavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
  • Li TuTuJames DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
  • Ethan QuinnQuinnGabriel DialloDiallo (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
  • Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzakCristian GarinGarin (7-60 6-2) – See score progression
  • Yosuke WatanukiWatanukiRudy QuanQuan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
  • Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzakCristian GarinGarin (7-6(0) 6-2) – See score progression
  • Matteo GiganteGiganteBotic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
  • Ethan QuinnQuinnGabriel DialloDiallo (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
  • Damir DzumhurDzumhurRadu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Hugo GastonGastonEliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
  • Colton SmithSmithPavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-6(8)) – See score progression
  • Li TuTuJames DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
  • Adam WaltonWaltonMichael MmohMmoh (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
  • Giulio ZeppieriZeppieriMikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression
  • Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-BustaAlexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
  • Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashviliYasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

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