Kei Nishikori and Mitchell Krueger will square off in the 1^st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.23
Mitchell Krueger -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Mitchell Krueger

This will be the 2^nd time that Kei Nishikori and Mitchell Krueger square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Nishikori won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Palmas del Mar Challenger back in 2023.

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 66, Kei will start his run in Houston 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 composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on clay.

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

Talking about his overall career, Nishikori has an overall 600-281 record. He has a positive 140-63 record on clay.

Previously in Houston

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2011. See his history.

Mitchell Krueger

Ranked no. 141, Krueger reached the 1^st

round after defeating Toby Alex Kodat 5-7 3-1 ret. and Patrick Zahraj 6-7(5) 5-3 ret..

In the qualifications against Zahraj, Krueger had a free pass after Zahraj retired on a 6-7⁵ 5-3 . scoreline.

Mitchell has a compiled 7-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Houston

• Cristian GarinGarin – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rinky Hijikata/Jordan ThompsonHijikata/Jordan Thompson – Robert Cash/James TracyCash/James Tracy (3-6 7-6¹ 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Michael MmohMmoh – Adam WaltonWalton (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Christian GarinGarin (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Corentin DenollyDenolly (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-0) – H2H and prediction