Kei Nishikori vs Taisei Ichikawa — Yokohama CH Round of 32

Yokohama CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
JPN1
Kei Nishikori
#720ATP
1714ELO
1680Hard ELO
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 November 2025
hard
JPN
Taisei Ichikawa
#796ATP
25 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWWLW
Nishikori K.
4-6 6-1 6-1
Ichikawa T.
Nishikori K.
4662
Ichikawa T.
6111

Kei Nishikori defeated Taisei Ichikawa 4-6 6-1 6-1 in the Yokohama CH round of 32 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Nishikori K.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Ichikawa T.

Ichikawa T.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Nishikori K.

Even serve battle

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
Nishikori K.Ichikawa T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
38%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
63%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.7
4.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.3
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (29 vs 14). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Nishikori K.
4.1
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 102 days (−1.5)
Ichikawa T.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.2
Surface form
4.8
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
6.9
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
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Final
Sakamoto R.[2]
Uchida K.[8]
4-67-646-4
Semi-finals
Uchida K.[8]
Ribeiro Marcondes I.
6-46-2
Sakamoto R.[2]
Santillan A.
3-66-16-3
Quarter-finals
Santillan A.
Kusuhara Y.
6-36-2
Uchida K.[8]
Nishikori K.[1]
6-26-2
Sakamoto R.[2]
Uchiyama Y.[7]
3-66-36-4
Ribeiro Marcondes I.
Oberleitner N.
6-16-3
R16
Nishikori K.[1]
Sin S.
6-46-1
Uchida K.[8]
Taguchi R.
7-56-4
Santillan A.
Bigun K.
6-36-1
Uchiyama Y.[7]
Vrbensky M.
6-36-3
Sakamoto R.[2]
Zhukov M.
6-16-2
Kusuhara Y.
Shimizu Y.[6]
6-36-3
Ribeiro Marcondes I.
Mochizuki Y.
6-27-65
Oberleitner N.
Shiraishi H.
7-54-66-3
R32
Bigun K.
Ymer E.[3]
3-0
Nishikori K.[1]
Ichikawa T.
4-66-16-1
Sin S.
Jones L.
3-66-16-2
Shiraishi H.
Basing M.
2-66-26-3
Santillan A.
Imamura M.
6-06-2
Uchiyama Y.[7]
Huang T.
6-47-611
Sakamoto R.[2]
Samrej K.
6-47-61
Taguchi R.
Jones M.
7-636-2
Uchida K.[8]
Chung H.
6-36-0
Ribeiro Marcondes I.
Crawford O.[4]
6-46-4
Shimizu Y.[6]
Takahashi Y.
6-26-2
Kusuhara Y.
Isomura K.
7-56-3
Vrbensky M.
Shin W.
6-36-3
Zhukov M.
Tabata R.
6-46-4
Oberleitner N.
Hsu Y.[5]
7-56-2
Mochizuki Y.
Yamasaki J.
6-47-65