H2H, prediction of Karen Khachanov vs Kei Nishikori in Geneva with odds, preview, pick | 21st May 2025

PREVIEW. Geneva. Khachanov and Nishikori will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Gonet Geneva Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Tuesday the 20th of May

Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Kei Nishikori

Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 2nd round of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.64
Kei Nishikori -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Kei Nishikori

This will be the 8th time that Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Nishikori won 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Hong kong back in January 2025.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs Karen Khachanov – Hong kong 01-January-2025

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov
Karen Khachanov

11 - 11win/loss

Hard
5-6
I Hard
0-1
Clay
6-4
Rank
18
High
8
LWWLLLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-24 13-11 9-6 2-4 8-3 0-0
2024 37-22 14-12 8-4 14-3 1-3 0-0
2023 34-18 18-10 10-5 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 36-25 17-11 9-7 6-5 4-2 0-0
2021 35-24 17-9 5-6 8-6 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 24, Karen will start his run in Geneva after he played his last match in Rome where he lost 6-3 3-6 7-5 to Alcaraz in the 4th round on the 13th of May.

Khachanov has a compiled 11-11 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Barcelona.

Talking about his overall career, Khachanov has an overall 428-283 record. He has a positive 108-74 record on clay.

Previously in Geneva

Khachanov has never competed in this tournament before.

Khachanov
Geneva
Khachanov's Record

Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori

13 - 9win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
1-2
Clay
3-2
Rank
156
High
4
LWWLLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-12 11-7 3-3 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. 62, Nishikori reached the 2nd round after beating Learner Tien 4-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Tien, Kei recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Nishikori scored 103 points vs Tien’s 91. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Nishikori bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kei Nishikori was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Japanese broke Tien 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

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

Kei has an overall 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Nishikori
Geneva
Nishikori's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Khachanov
LWWLLLLLWL
Nishikori
LWWLLWLWLW
2025 2024 2023
32 - 24
14 - 11
13-11
Hard
11-7
2-4
I Hard
0-1
9-6
Clay
3-3
8-3
Grass
0-0

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