Kei Nishikori vs Mitchell Krueger Head-to-Head Stats, Results & Performance Comparison

Improving their chances of holding a successful garage sale rather than a tennis trophy, Nishikori has been hitting the return game stats lately with a comfortable 49.57% of opponent’s second serve points in his piggy bank. Krueger is trailing behind like a shopping cart on a windy day, with a modest 48.3% in his pocket. Now that's a stat to cash in on when placing your couch-locked bets on who's serving fruit juice instead of aces in their upcoming clash.

When push comes to shove – or in tennis, when the breakpoint looms like a distant relative visiting for too long – Nishikori's gotten it together 48.8% of the time, while Krueger's a bit more like that flexible yoga teacher, saving 56.4%. And speaking of aces, Krueger might just get As in saving breakpoints but flunks the first serve returns with 25.68%, squeaking behind Nishikori's slightly more promising 26.75%. Can we say "under pressure" without the Queen song playing? Doubtful!

However, if we're looking to sprinkle some sugar on our analysis, Nishikori's last year has been sweeter with a 63.83% match win rate, as compared to Krueger's slightly tangy 55.22%. They've met before at the fabulous Palmas del Mar Challenger (sounds like a fancy resort, right?), and Nishikori came out shining like a new dime 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Let's add some cherry-picked fun facts; Nishikori braved opponents with an average rank of 96.64, while Krueger faced the easier-going crowd with an average rank of 247.81. In the whole head-to-head hullabaloo, Nishikori seems to have the winning hand.

Roll out the quirky surface game stats because Nishikori's life is an indoor hard party with a 71% win rate, while grass is his kryptonite with “only” 63%. Krueger, on the other hand, seems like a clay connoisseur at 57%, though he treats grass courts like they're covered in banana peels with just 38%. Meanwhile, they both hit the Challenger/ITF tour daisies more often than not, with Nishikori coming through 83.33% of the time compared to Krueger's 52.78%. The tale of the tape and tennis snorkels say Nishikori's likely the crowd's favorite in this showdown.

To sew it all together with a wild guess that's less wild and more informed, should this carousel of stats meet at the park, and the deciding set come-a-callin', Nishikori's been there and done that 75% of the time. Krueger, however, might need to polish his skills or borrow Nishikori's lucky charm with a 43% deciding set success. Based on these whimsical yet telling stats, a slightly more scientifically refined prediction suggests that Nishikori will probably have the last laugh – or at least the last scoop of victory ice cream – against Krueger in this racket bout.