Kei Nishikori
Age: 35 (29/12/1989)
  • Brief details
    Height
    178
    Weight
    73
    Plays
    Right-Handed
    Career
    $25,924,997
    YTD
    $274,990
    Place of birth
    Shimane, Japan
    • 62 Singles ranking
    • — Doubles ranking
  • Overview
    ATP singles titles
    9-8
    450-229
    ATP doubles titles
    0-0
    27-36
    Prize money
    $274,990
    $25,924,997
    Prize money
    $0
    $25,924,997
    Titles
    0
    12
    Titles
    0
    0
  • Games
    Davis Cup. Japan vs Colombia (Tokyo, Japan)
    Dates:
    09/09/2024 – 15/09/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Hard
    Prize fund:
    $0
    Rank:
    205
    Round Robin
    Nicolas Mejia
    237
    64 64
    Pts:
    0
    ATP. Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
    Dates:
    21/04/2025 – 04/05/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Clay
    Prize fund:
    €9,565,100
    Rank:
    64
    Round of 64
    Denis Shapovalov
    30
    16 46
    Round of 128
    Aleksandar Vukic
    83
    64 36 63
    Pts:
    30
    Houston (Houston, USA)
    Dates:
    31/03/2025 – 06/04/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Clay
    Prize fund:
    $710,735
    Rank:
    66
    Round of 16
    Christopher Eubanks
    117
    16
    Round of 32
    Mitchell Krueger
    141
    64 62
    Pts:
    25
    Phoenix (Phoenix, USA)
    Dates:
    10/03/2025 – 16/03/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Hard
    Prize fund:
    $250,000
    Rank:
    76
    Round of 4
    Joao Fonseca
    80
    —
    Round of 8
    Flavio Cobolli
    40
    —
    Round of 16
    Mikhail Kukushkin
    166
    —
    Round of 32
    Luca Nardi
    67
    —
    Pts:
    50
    ATP. Indian Wells (Indian Wells, California, USA)
    Dates:
    03/03/2025 – 16/03/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Hard
    Prize fund:
    $13,042,410
    Rank:
    76
    Round of 128
    Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
    58
    62 57 76
    Pts:
    0
    Delray Beach (Delray Beach, USA)
    Dates:
    10/02/2025 – 16/02/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Hard
    Prize fund:
    $710,735
    Rank:
    71
    Round of 32
    Mackenzie Mcdonald
    123
    67 64 57
    Pts:
    0
    Dallas (Dallas, USA)
    Dates:
    03/02/2025 – 09/02/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Hard
    Prize fund:
    $3,035,960
    Rank:
    71
    Round of 32
    Tomas Machac
    25
    26 26
    Pts:
    0
    Davis Cup. Japan vs Great Britain. Qualification (Miki, Japan)
    Dates:
    27/01/2025 – 01/02/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Hard
    Prize fund:
    $0
    Rank:
    70
    Round Robin
    Billy Harris
    129
    62 63
    Round Robin
    Jacob Fearnley
    77
    36 36
    Pts:
    0
    Australian Open (Melbourne, Australia)
    Dates:
    13/01/2025 – 26/01/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Hard
    Prize fund:
    A$43,250,000
    Rank:
    76
    Round of 64
    Tommy Paul
    11
    76 06 36 16
    Round of 128
    Thiago Monteiro
    105
    46 67 75 62 63
    Pts:
    50
    Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
    Dates:
    30/12/2024 – 05/01/2025
    Category:
    ATP Finals
    Surface:
    Hard
    Prize fund:
    $766,290
    Rank:
    106
    Final
    Alexandre Muller
    67
    62 16 36
    Round of 4
    Juncheng Shang
    50
    43
    Round of 8
    Cameron Norrie
    49
    63 36 62
    Round of 16
    Karen Khachanov
    19
    46 63 75
    Round of 32
    Denis Shapovalov
    56
    62 63
    Pts:
    165
  • Full description
    Personal

    Began playing tennis at age 5 Shares a son with wife, Mai Mother, Eri; father, Kiyoshi; sister, Reina Left Japan at age 14 to train at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL, USA. Didn't speak a word of English when he arrived. Still trains at IMG Academy Travelled to USA as a member of Masaaki Morita Tennis Fund group, which consists of a select group of Japanese players sponsored by Mr. Akio Morita, CEO of Sony Download his phone app at keisapp.com Favourite shot is forehand and favourite surfaces are hard and clay Named 2008 ATP Newcomer of the Year In 2011, played current coach Michael Chang in Tokyo to raise money for earthquake relief During COVID-19 pandemic, teamed with DJ Steve Aoki and finished 2nd in a Nintendo Mario Tennis tournament. Donated $25,000 to charity Underwent right elbow surgeriesin August 2009 and October 2019, as well as hip surgery in January 2022

    Career

    Top Asian men’s player in history, achieving career-high No. 4 in 2015

    Earned biggest of 433 career wins over No. 1 Djokovic at 2014 US Open to become 1st Asian Grand Slam men's singles finalist

    Captured 1st of 12 ATP Tour titles at 2008 Delray Beach as 18-year-old Q ranked 244th and remains youngest champion on tour since Hewitt, 16, at 1998 Adelaide

    Six-time ATP 500 champion, four-time ATP Masters 1000 finalist, four-time Nitto ATP Finals qualifier and 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medallist

    Owns highest winning percentage among active players in 5-set matches, winning 12 of last 13 (27-7, .794) and highest in deciding sets (147-56, .724), just ahead of Djokovic (213-83, .720)

    Underwent hip surgery in February 2022 and was out for the entire season. Then injured his ankle in late 2022 while practicing and delayed his comeback for another 4-5 months

    Returned at 2023 Palmas del Mar CH and became the first unranked player to win a Challenger title

  • Recent matches