Japan World No. 436 Kei Nishikori is 9–10 in 2026.
Kei Nishikori’s last match was on 1 Oct at Japan Open, a loss to Frances Tiafoe.
As of 8 October 2026, 19:46 UTC.
Next match
Opponent, time and what people predict.
No match scheduled right now. Last played 1 Oct at Japan Open: lost to Frances Tiafoe 4–6 4–6.
World ranking
No. 436
No change since 28 Sept
2026 season
9–10
Last 5 matches
L W W L L
Career titles
12
9–10
2026 record
19 matches through 1 Oct.
- Hard
- 7–8
- Clay
- 2–2
3
Match winning streak
At Thionville, 1 Mar to 3 Mar.
- Vs current top 10
- 0–1
- Deciding sets
- 5–4
- Tiebreaks
- 2–3
Tournament Run
Kei Nishikori is not in a draw this week - the bracket appears once a tournament starts.
News & Insights
What is happening around Kei Nishikori - headlines from our approved sources, links go to the source.
Kei Nishikori is retiring from professional tennis. Ahead of his final Japan Open appearance, fellow players including Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, and Nick Kyrgios have paid tribute to him. Nishikori recently competed in US Open qualifying and the Japan Open, losing to Rei Sakamoto and Frances Tiafoe respectively.
AI-generated summary of recent headlines. Generated 1 Oct 2026.
Serve & return, 2026
How the points are won, from the match statistics api-tennis records. The tick on each bar is the median of the ATP top 100.
11 matches with statistics
On serve 7 points worse than the ATP median at holding serve
- Aces per match
- 3.0 tour median 6.1 · fewer than most
- Double faults per match
- 2.1 tour median 2.6 · fewer than most
- 1st serve points won
- 71% tour median 73%
- 2nd serve points won
- 52% tour median 52%
- Service games held
- 75% tour median 82%
- Break points saved
- 45% tour median 63%
On return 3 points worse than the ATP median at converting break points
- Return games won
- 21% tour median 22%
- Break points converted
- 37% tour median 40%
Career
12 singles titles · best year-end No. 5 (2014, 2016). Year-end singles ranking by season, from api-tennis.
Results
Every singles result on record, newest first. Opponents link to their page and the score to the match page, where we have one; "people predicted" is this player's Polymarket price before the match.
| Date | Result | Opponent | Tournament | Score | People predicted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | L | Frances Tiafoe | Japan Open · Round of 32 | 4–6 4–6 | |
| 28 Aug 2026 | L |  Rei Sakamoto | US Open · Qualifying final | 4–6 6–7(3) | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | W | Michael Antonius | US Open · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–4 6–4 | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | W |  Sebastian Ofner | US Open · Qualifying quarter-finals | 6–1 2–6 6–2 | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | L |  Marco Trungelliti | Cincinnati · Qualifying final | 6–4 5–7 3–6 | |
| 11 Aug 2026 | W |  Francisco Comesana | Cincinnati · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–4 1–6 7–5 | |
| 1 Aug 2026 | L |  Michael Zheng | National Bank Open · Qualifying final | 3–6 1–6 | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | L |  Rafael Jodar | Washington · Round of 16 | 3–6 2–6 |
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| 27 Jul 2026 | W |  Juncheng Shang | Washington · Round of 32 | 6–7(3) 6–3 6–4 | |
| 22 Apr 2026 | L |  Jack Kennedy | Savannah · Round of 16 | 3–6 7–6(3) 0–6 | |
| 21 Apr 2026 | W |  Colton Smith | Savannah · Round of 32 | 6–2 6–3 | |
| 9 Apr 2026 | L |  Yibing Wu | Sarasota · Round of 16 | 3–6 6–3 1–6 | |
| 7 Apr 2026 | W |  Nicolas Kicker | Sarasota · Round of 32 | 6–3 6–2 | |
| 9 Mar 2026 | L |  Clement Tabur | Cherbourg · Round of 32 | 6–7(5) 4–6 | |
| 4 Mar 2026 | L |  Nicolai Budkov Kjaer | Thionville · Round of 16 | 6–3 4–6 2–6 | |
| 3 Mar 2026 | W | Clement Tabur | Thionville · Round of 32 | 7–5 4–6 6–2 | |
| 2 Mar 2026 | W |  Jelle Sels | Thionville · Qualifying final | 7–6(3) 4–6 6–4 | |
| 1 Mar 2026 | W |  Daniel Jade | Thionville · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–2 6–3 | |
| 6 Jan 2026 | L |  Vit Kopriva | Canberra · Round of 32 | 1–6 2–2 ret. |