Luca Nardi and Kei Nishikori will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.533
Luca Nardi -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Kei Nishikori

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

The last time that they fought against each other, Nishikori won 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the final in the Helsinki Challenger back in 2024.

Luca Nardi

Ranked no. 67 (career-high), Luca will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-0 6-3 to Norrie in the 1^st round on the 5^th of March.

The Italian has a composed 15-9 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Nardi’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Koblenz Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Nardi has an overall 168-129 record. He has a positive 58-37 record on hard.

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Nardi has never competed in this tournament before.

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 76, Nishikori will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Humbert

in the 2^nd round on the 7^th of March.

The Japanese has an overall 7-6 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kei’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Hong Kong.

In terms of his career, Nishikori has an overall 597-280 record. He has a positive 298-142 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger

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• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-6² 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Pavel KotovKotov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon HoltHolt (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction