Sebastian Korda vs Kei Nishikori — Halle Round of 16

Halle · ATP · Round of 16
Sebastian Korda
USA
Sebastian Korda
#63ATP
1809ELO
1679Grass ELO
$471kYTD
$9.0MCAREER
26 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 14 June 2021
grass
JPN
Kei Nishikori
#720ATP
1714ELO
1591Grass ELO
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWL
Korda S.
2-6 6-3 7-5
Nishikori K.
Korda S.
2672
Nishikori K.
6351

Sebastian Korda defeated Kei Nishikori 2-6 6-3 7-5 in the Halle round of 16 on grass. The result followed the form book — Sebastian Korda came in ranked #63.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Korda S.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Nishikori K.

Nishikori K.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Korda S.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Korda S.Nishikori K.
1st serve in·Even
62%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
54%
Service points won·Even
66%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Even
62%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.1
2.4
Double faults / match·Even
2.1
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 116). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Korda S.Nishikori K.
Clutch Rating·Even
87
89
Break points saved·Even
98
97
Break points won·Even
73
74
Deciding sets·Even
96
100
Tiebreaks·Even
94
97

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Korda S.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)
Nishikori K.
3.7
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
  • Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)
Form & Matchup
7.5+88 Grass Elo edge
Surface ELO
2.5Grass Elo 1591
7.6Overall Elo 1809
ELO gap
2.4Overall Elo 1714
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
Surface form
7.6
0.0
Win streak
7.03-match win streak
Fatigue & Travel
8.7
Minutes 14d
3.3
7.0
3-set count
0.0
7.0
Prev. match
8.0
3.0
Surface transition
3.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 44%
Final
Humbert U.
Rublev A.[8]
6-37-64
Semi-finals
Humbert U.
Auger Aliassime F.[2]
6-43-67-65
Rublev A.[8]
Basilashvili N.
6-13-66-3
Quarter-finals
Auger Aliassime F.[2]
Giron M.
6-36-2
Rublev A.[8]
Kohlschreiber P.
7-646-2
Basilashvili N.
Harris L.
6-47-65
Humbert U.
Korda S.
6-26-756-4
R16
Rublev A.[8]
Thompson J.
6-46-4
Humbert U.
Zverev A.[1]
7-643-66-3
Harris L.
Lacko L.
6-37-68
Kohlschreiber P.
Moutet C.
6-47-64
Auger Aliassime F.[2]
Federer R.[5]
4-66-36-2
Giron M.
Struff J.
6-716-36-4
Korda S.
Nishikori K.
2-66-37-5
Basilashvili N.
Rinderknech A.
6-27-5
R32
Moutet C.
Goffin D.[7]
1-67-50-0
Giron M.
Pospisil V.
7-647-66
Thompson J.
Altmaier D.
6-27-64
Zverev A.[1]
Koepfer D.
6-43-66-3
Korda S.
Bautista Agut R.[5]
6-37-60
Rinderknech A.
Hanfmann Y.
7-56-3
Lacko L.
Pella G.
6-757-56-1
Harris L.
Monfils G.[8]
6-46-4
Rublev A.[8]
Khachanov K.
6-37-65
Kohlschreiber P.
Rodionov J.
6-46-3
Nishikori K.
Berankis R.
6-32-66-2
Humbert U.
Querrey S.
4-67-647-65
Federer R.[5]
Ivashka I.
7-647-5
Struff J.
Medvedev D.[4]
7-666-3
Auger Aliassime F.[2]
Hurkacz H.
6-37-5
Basilashvili N.
Simon G.
6-13-66-4