Kei Nishikori and Christopher Eubanks will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM COURT . Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.44
Christopher Eubanks -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Christopher Eubanks

There is no head to head record between Kei Nishikori and Christopher Eubanks since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 66, Kei reached the 2^nd round after beating Mitchell Krueger 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Kei had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-4 6-2). During the match, Nishikori scored 60 points vs Krueger’s 45. Nishikori was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nishikori fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 77% of his first serves in, winning 77% (34/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (5/13) on the 2nd serve. Nishikori broke Krueger 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Nishikori has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (234-112). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nishikori has a composed 61-30 match record in the last years on clay.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hong Kong.

Nishikori has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Christopher Eubanks

Ranked no. 117, Christopher reached the 2^nd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-2 4-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Christopher defeated Hijikata (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Eubanks scored 93 points vs Hijikata’s 72. Eubanks was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Eubanks managed to score 8 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Christopher Eubanks was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Eubanks broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

The American has a composed 9-11 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nishikori	Eubanks
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	27
Pts	60-45	93-72
Total Points	105	165
Winners	34	39
%Winners	57%	42%

Both Nishikori and Eubanks played 1 match. At the moment, Christopher Eubanks lost 1 set while Kei Nishikori hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nishikori has played 1 set(s) less than Eubanks (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nishikori played 9 games less than Eubanks. The Japanese scored 34 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 39 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nishikori	Eubanks
Aces	4	8
Avg per match	4	8
1st in	44/57	53/80
%1st in	77%	66%
1st pts	34/44	39/53
%1st pts	77%	74%
2nd pts	5/13	16/27
%2nd pts	38%	59%

Nishikori bagged 4 aces . Eubanks bagged 8 aces . Nishikori won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Eubanks won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nishikori	Eubanks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
% Converted	57%	57%
Conceded	4	6
Saved	3	4
% Saved	75%	67%
Times Broken	1	2

Kei broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kei surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Christopher broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Eubanks conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Nishikori
	R1 Krueger	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	60-45	60-45
Total points	105	105
Winners	34	34
%Winners	57%	57%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	44/57	44/57
% 1st in	77%	77%
1st pts	34/44	34/44
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	5/13	5/13
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Eubanks
	R1 Hijikata	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	93-72	93-72
Total points	165	165
Winners	39	39
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	53/80	53/80
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	39/53	39/53
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	16/27	16/27
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

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• Tommy PaulPaul – Cristian GarinGarin (2-6 6-2 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

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