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Kei Nishikori: Ranking, Schedule & Stats

ATP Rank: #479
Age: 36
Height: 178 cm (5'10")
Plays: Right

1714 Elo

Kei Nishikori is a professional tennis player from Japan, born 29 December 1989. The Japanese competes on the ATP Tour and plays right-handed. Nishikori stands 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 75 kg (165 lb). Nishikori has won 12 tour-level singles titles. Among ATP players aged 35 and over, Nishikori is ranked No. 20. Nishikori's career has been balanced across surfaces — hard 68%, 363-172, clay 67%, 116-57, grass 62%, 48-29. The Japanese was born in Matsue and is based in Bradenton.

This page tracks Kei Nishikori's upcoming schedule, latest results, recent form and surface record, with each match linking through to a detailed head-to-head and pre-match analysis. Scores update live as matches are played.

Biographical details (birthplace, residence, coach, height, weight) sourced from Wikidata (CC0 public domain). See Kei Nishikori on Wikipedia for more.

Rankings

Recent form

4–6 last 10

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Trends

Nishikori has won 14 of the last 30 first sets

47%

Nishikori has won 8 of 13 deciding sets

62%

Nishikori has won 63% of matches on hard

87–51

Nishikori has won 4 of the last 10 matches

40%

Ranking Projection

No. 479ATP95 pts

12 months agoNo. 88▼ 391 spots

12-month highNo. 65

Trajectory from our weekly snapshots. Defending— points dropping in the next ~12 weeks (last year's results at the same events). Win … — points gained by winning the round they're currently in. Expected — most likely landing rank from our draw model (Elo over the bracket). ATP points table.

Clutch Rating

91/ 100Elite under pressure

Break points saved

Break points won

Deciding sets

100

Tiebreaks

How a player performs in the biggest moments, across 688 matches in our records. About

Freshness

80/ 100Fresh

5 days rest · 2 matches, 60 games (7d)

Recent on-court load (higher = fresher), updated daily. About

Career highs

Ranking · last 12 monthsbestnow

No. 88No. 721

12 mo agonow

Umpiry Rating 1957 · peak 2269 · 2016Umpiry rank #56 · ATP #479▲423Longest win streak 12

Ranking trajectory from our weekly snapshots (last ~12 months); peak rating and longest tour-level win streak from our match records. Umpiry rank is the player’s position by our rating — the arrow shows how many spots that is above (▲) or below (▼) their official ranking.

2026 season form

6–8W–L43%

Last 60 days: 2–3
Current streak: 1 loss

Recent surface record

Clay30–22 (58%)

Hard87–51 (63%)

Grass6–4 (60%)

Career record

529–259W–L

12 tour-level titles

Career surface record

Clay116–57 (67%)

Hard363–172 (68%)

Grass48–29 (62%)

Carpet2–1 (67%)

Fitness watch

1 retirementin the last 12 months. Based on match status only — a retirement means the match was stopped after it started, a withdrawal means a walkover before it; we don't publish the medical reason.

RetiredCanberra CH · vs Vit Kopriva5 Jan 2026