Kei Nishikori and Yoshihito Nishioka will face off in the 1^st round of the Miami Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 -> 1.74
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 2^nd time that Kei Nishikori and Yoshihito Nishioka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Nishioka won 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati back in 2019.

Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs Kei Nishikori – Cincinnati 14-August-2019

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 64, Kei will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in the Phoenix Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Fonseca in the semifinal on the 15^th of March.

Nishikori has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, Kei has an overall 600-281 record. He has a positive 301-143 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2016. See his history.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 68, the Japanese will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in Delray Beach where he lost w/o to Kecmanovic in the 2^nd round on the 12^th of February.

Yoshihito has a compiled 9-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Yoshihito has an overall 432-276 record. He has a positive 243-152 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2016 and 2022. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Miami

• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-5 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander BublikBublik – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David GoffinGoffin – Aleksandar VukicVukic (2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• David GoffinGoffin – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Marcos GironGiron (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Tommy PaulPaul (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Nuno BorgesBorges (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (1-2) – H2H and prediction