Career finals Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR Singles Grand Slam – 1 1 0.00 ATP Finals – – – – ATP Masters 1000 – 4 4 0.00 Olympic Games – – – – ATP 500 6 6 12 0.50 ATP 250 6 3 9 0.63 Total 12 14 26 0.46 Doubles Grand Slam – – – – ATP Finals – – – – ATP Masters 1000 – – – – Olympic Games – – – – ATP 500 – – – – ATP 250 – 1 1 0.00 Total 0 1 1 0.00 Total 12 15 27 0.44
Nishikori at the 2018 French Open . This is a list of the main career statistics of Japanese professional tennis player, Kei Nishikori . To date, Nishikori has won 12 ATP singles titles including a record four consecutive titles at the Memphis Open .[ 1] Other highlights of Nishikori's career thus far include reaching the finals of the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open ,[ 2] 2016 Miami Open ,[ 3] 2016 Rogers Cup [ 4] and 2014 US Open ,[ 5] semifinal appearances at the 2014 ATP World Tour Finals [ 6] and 2016 US Open , in addition to quarterfinal finishes at the 2012 Australian Open ,[ 7] 2015 Australian Open ,[ 8] 2016 Australian Open [ 9] and 2015 French Open .[ 10] Nishikori achieved a career high singles ranking of world No. 4 on 2 March 2015.
Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through the 2025 Cincinnati Open .
Grand Slam tournament finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Other significant finals
Masters 1000 tournaments
Singles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
Summer Olympics
Singles: 1 (bronze medal)
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 27 (12 titles, 15 runner-ups) Finals by surface Hard (10–10) Clay (2–5) Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoor (7–11) Indoor (5–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Feb 2008 Delray Beach ITC , US International Hard James Blake 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 Loss 1–1 Apr 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships , US ATP 250 Clay Ryan Sweeting 4–6, 6–7(3–7) Loss 1–2 Nov 2011 Swiss Indoors , Switzerland ATP 500 Hard (i) Roger Federer 1–6, 3–6 Win 2–2 Oct 2012 Japan Open , Japan ATP 500 Hard Milos Raonic 7–6(7–5) , 3–6, 6–0 Win 3–2 Feb 2013 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships , US ATP 500 Hard (i) Feliciano López 6–2, 6–3 Win 4–2 Feb 2014 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, US (2) ATP 250 Hard (i) Ivo Karlović 6–4, 7–6(7–0) Win 5–2 Apr 2014 Barcelona Open , Spain ATP 500 Clay Santiago Giraldo 6–2, 6–2 Loss 5–3 May 2014 Madrid Open , Spain Masters 1000 Clay Rafael Nadal 6–2, 4–6, 0–3 ret. Loss 5–4 Sep 2014 US Open , US Grand Slam Hard Marin Čilić 3–6, 3–6, 3–6 Win 6–4 Sep 2014 Malaysian Open , Malaysia ATP 250 Hard (i) Julien Benneteau 7–6(7–4) , 6–4 Win 7–4 Oct 2014 Japan Open, Japan (2) ATP 500 Hard Milos Raonic 7–6(7–5) , 4–6, 6–4 Win 8–4 Feb 2015 Memphis Open , US (3) ATP 250 Hard (i) Kevin Anderson 6–4, 6–4 Loss 8–5 Feb 2015 Mexican Open , Mexico ATP 500 Hard David Ferrer 3–6, 5–7 Win 9–5 Apr 2015 Barcelona Open, Spain (2) ATP 500 Clay Pablo Andújar 6–4, 6–4 Win 10–5 Aug 2015 Washington Open , US ATP 500 Hard John Isner 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 Win 11–5 Feb 2016 Memphis Open, US (4) ATP 250 Hard (i) Taylor Fritz 6–4, 6–4 Loss 11–6 Apr 2016 Miami Open , US Masters 1000 Hard Novak Djokovic 3–6, 3–6 Loss 11–7 Apr 2016 Barcelona Open, Spain ATP 500 Clay Rafael Nadal 4–6, 5–7 Loss 11–8 Jul 2016 Canadian Open , Canada Masters 1000 Hard Novak Djokovic 3–6, 5–7 Loss 11–9 Oct 2016 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland ATP 500 Hard (i) Marin Čilić 1–6, 6–7(5–7) Loss 11–10 Jan 2017 Brisbane International , Australia ATP 250 Hard Grigor Dimitrov 2–6, 6–2, 3–6 Loss 11–11 Feb 2017 Argentina Open , Argentina ATP 250 Clay Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–7(4–7) , 4–6 Loss 11–12 Apr 2018 Monte-Carlo Masters , Monaco Masters 1000 Clay Rafael Nadal 3–6, 2–6 Loss 11–13 Oct 2018 Japan Open, Japan ATP 500 Hard (i) Daniil Medvedev 2–6, 4–6 Loss 11–14 Oct 2018 Vienna Open , Austria ATP 500 Hard (i) Kevin Anderson 3–6, 6–7(3–7) Win 12–14 Jan 2019 Brisbane International, Australia ATP 250 Hard Daniil Medvedev 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 Loss 12–15 Jan 2025 Hong Kong Open , China SAR ATP 250 Hard Alexandre Müller 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) Legend Grand Slam (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (0–0) ATP 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (9 titles, 2 runner-ups) Legend ATP Challenger Tour (8–1) ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface Hard (6–2) Clay (3–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Oct 2006 Mexico F18, Mazatlán Futures Hard Miguel Gallardo Valles 6–2, 6–1 Loss 1–1 Apr 2007 USA F8, Little Rock Futures Hard Donald Young 2–6, 2–6 Loss 0–1 Jun 2007 Carson , USA Challenger Hard Alex Bogomolov Jr. 4–6, 3–6 Win 1–1 Apr 2008 Bermuda , Bermuda (UK) Challenger Clay Viktor Troicki 2–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–5) Win 2–1 May 2010 Savannah , USA Challenger Clay Ryan Sweeting 6–4, 6–0 Win 3–1 May 2010 Sarasota , USA Challenger Clay Brian Dabul 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 4–1 Aug 2010 Binghamton , USA Challenger Hard Robert Kendrick 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Win 5–1 Nov 2010 Knoxville , USA Challenger Hard (i) Robert Kendrick 6–1, 6–4 Win 6–1 Feb 2018 Dallas , USA Challenger Hard (i) Mackenzie McDonald 6–1, 6–4 Win 7–1 Jun 2023 Palmas del Mar , Puerto Rico Challenger Hard Michael Zheng 6–2, 7–5 Win 8–1 Nov 2024 Helsinki , Finland Challenger Hard (i) Luca Nardi 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Doubles: 2 (2 titles) Legend ATP Challenger Tour (1–0) ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Top 10 wins He has a 40–78 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Season 2008 ... 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 ... 2021 Total Wins 1 3 3 2 11 6 5 1 7 1 40
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score KNR 2008 1. David Ferrer 4 US Open , New York, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 7–5 126 2011 2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 8 Shanghai , China Hard 2R 6–7(1–7) , 6–4, 6–4 47 3. Tomáš Berdych 7 Basel , Switzerland Hard (i) 1R 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 32 4. Novak Djokovic 1 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) SF 2–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–0 32 2012 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 Australian Open , Melbourne, Australia Hard 4R 2–6, 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 26 6. David Ferrer 5 Olympics , London, United Kingdom Grass 3R 6–0, 3–6, 6–4 17 7. Tomáš Berdych 6 Tokyo , Japan Hard QF 7–5, 6–4 17 2013 8. Roger Federer 2 Madrid , Spain Clay 3R 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 16 9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 9 Paris , France Hard (i) 2R 1–6, 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(9–7) 19 2014 10. David Ferrer 4 Miami , United States Hard 4R 7–6(9–7) , 2–6, 7–6(11–9) 21 11. Roger Federer 5 Miami, United States Hard QF 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 21 12. Milos Raonic 9 Madrid , Spain Clay 3R 7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–5) 12 13. David Ferrer 5 Madrid, Spain Clay SF 7–6(7–5) , 5–7, 6–3 12 14. Milos Raonic 6 US Open , New York, United States Hard 4R 4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–7(6–8) , 7–5, 6–4 11 15. Stan Wawrinka 4 US Open, New York, United States Hard QF 3–6, 7–5, 7–6(9–7) , 6–7(5–7) , 6–4 11 16. Novak Djokovic 1 US Open, New York, United States Hard SF 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 11 17. Milos Raonic 8 Tokyo , Japan Hard F 7–6(7–5) , 4–6, 6–4 7 18. David Ferrer 6 Paris , France Hard (i) QF 3–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 7 19. Andy Murray 6 ATP World Tour Finals , London, UK Hard (i) RR 6–4, 6–4 5 20. David Ferrer 10 ATP World Tour Finals, London, UK Hard (i) RR 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 5 2015 21. David Ferrer 10 Australian Open , Melbourne, Australia Hard 4R 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 5 22. Milos Raonic 6 Davis Cup , Vancouver, Canada Hard (i) RR 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 4 23. David Ferrer 8 Madrid , Spain Clay QF 6–4, 6–2 5 24. Marin Čilić 8 Washington, D.C. , United States Hard SF 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 5 25. Rafael Nadal 9 Montreal , Canada Hard QF 6–2, 6–4 4 26. Tomáš Berdych 6 ATP World Tour Finals , London, UK Hard (i) RR 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 8 2016 27. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 10 Australian Open , Melbourne, Australia Hard 4R 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 7 28. Stan Wawrinka 5 Montreal , Canada Hard SF 7–6(8–6) , 6–1 6 29. Rafael Nadal 5 Olympics , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard BMM 6–2, 6–7(1–7) , 6–3 7 30. Andy Murray 2 US Open , New York, United States Hard QF 1–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 7–5 7 31. Stan Wawrinka 3 ATP World Tour Finals , London, UK Hard (i) RR 6–2, 6–3 5 2017 32. Stan Wawrinka 4 Brisbane , Australia Hard SF 7–6(7–3) , 6–3 5 2018 33. Marin Čilić 3 Monte Carlo , Monaco Clay QF 6–4, 6–7(1–7) , 6–3 36 34. Alexander Zverev 4 Monte Carlo , Monaco Clay SF 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 36 35. Grigor Dimitrov 4 Rome , Italy Clay 2R 6–7(4–7) , 7–5, 6–4 24 36. Marin Čilić 7 US Open , New York, United States Hard QF 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) , 4–6, 6–4 19 37 Dominic Thiem 7 Vienna , Austria Hard (i) QF 6–3, 6–1 11 38 Kevin Anderson 6 Paris , France Hard (i) 3R 6–4, 6–4 11 39 Roger Federer 3 ATP Finals , London, UK Hard (i) RR 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 9 2021 40 Andrey Rublev 7 Olympics , Tokyo, Japan Hard 1R 6–3, 6–4 69
Career Grand Slam tournament seedings Not seeded at all, or not seeded inside the top 10 Seeded 10–4 Seeded no. 3 Seeded no. 2 Seeded no. 1
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open 2008 A DNQ – – 2009 – A A A 2010 A – WC Q 2011 – – – – 2012 24th A 19th 17th 2013 16th 13th 12th 11th 2014 16th 9th 10th 10th 2015 5th 5th 5th 4th 2016 7th 5th 5th 6th 2017 5th 8th 9th A 2018 A 19th 24th 21st 2019 8th 7th 8th 7th 2020 A – NH A 2021 – – – – 2022 A A A A 2023 A A A A 2024 A PR PR A 2025 PR –
* Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 Wimbledon Championships of the tournament was cancelled.
ATP Tour career earnings Year Majors ATP wins Total wins Earnings ($) Money list rank 2006 0 0 0 $5,226 2007 0 0 0 $53,623 2008 0 1 1 $303,269 2009 0 0 0 $51,138 2010 0 0 0 $171,394 2011 0 0 0 $776,621 37 2012 0 1 1 $1,044,847 21 2013 0 1 1 $1,180,923 23 2014 0 4 4 $4,439,218 6 2015 0 3 3 $3,302,055 8 2016 0 1 1 $4,806,748 5 2017 0 0 0 $1,441,870 26 2018 0 0 0 $3,763,791 10 2019 0 1 1 $2,173,244 16 2020 0 0 0 $166,322 ?? 2021 0 0 0 $717,541 26 2023 0 0 0 $36,620 529 2024 0 0 0 $142,809 211 2025 0 0 0 $323,778 115 Career* 0 12 12 $25,973,785 20
* Statistics correct as of 4 August 2025.
Davis Cup
Participations: 23 (20–3) Group membership World Group (7–2) WG play-off (8–0) Group I (5–1) Group II (0) Group III (0) Group IV (0)
Matches by Surface Hard (16–2) Clay (2–0) Grass (1–1) Carpet (1–0)
Matches by Type Singles (17–3) Doubles (3–0)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score 2–3; 11–13 April 2008 ; R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex , New Delhi , India; Asia/Oceania semifinal; grass surface Defeat 1 I Singles India Rohan Bopanna 6–7(2–7) , 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 Victory 2 IV Singles (dead rubber ) Mahesh Bhupathi 7–5, 6–1 5–0; 6–8 March 2009 ; Namihaya Dome , Kadoma , Osaka , Japan; Asia/Oceania quarterfinal; carpet(i) surface Victory 3 II Singles China Zhang Ze 6–4, 7–5, 6–2 4–1; 8–10 July 2011 ; Bourbon Beans Dome, Kobe , Hyogo , Japan; Asia/Oceania semifinal; hard(i) surface Victory 4 II Singles Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov 6–7(2–7) , 6–3, 6–1, ret. Victory 5 III Doubles (with Go Soeda ) Murad Inoyatov / Denis Istomin 7–5, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5 Victory 6 IV Singles Denis Istomin 6–7(5–7) , 7–5, 6–4, 6–3 4–1; 16–18 September 2011 ; Ariake Coliseum , Tokyo , Japan; World Group play-off; hard surface Victory 7 II Singles India Rohan Bopanna 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 Victory 8 IV Singles Vishnu Vardhan 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 2–3; 10–12 February 2012 ; Bourbon Beans Dome, Kobe , Hyogo , Japan; World Group first round; hard(i) surface Defeat 9 II Singles Croatia Ivo Karlović 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 Victory 10 IV Singles Ivan Dodig 7–5, 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 2–3; 14–16 September 2012 ; Ariake Coliseum , Tokyo , Japan; World Group play-off; hard surface Victory 11 IV Singles Israel Dudi Sela 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 3–2; 13–15 September 2013 ; Ariake Coliseum , Tokyo , Japan; World Group play-off; hard surface Victory 12 I Singles Colombia Alejandro Falla 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 Victory 13 IV Singles Santiago Giraldo 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 4–1; 31 January – 2 February 2014 ; Ariake Coliseum , Tokyo , Japan; World Group first round; hard(i) surface Victory 14 I Singles Canada Peter Polansky 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 Victory 15 III Doubles (with Yasutaka Uchiyama ) Frank Dancevic / Daniel Nestor 6–3, 7–6(7–3) , 4–6, 6–4 Victory 16 IV Singles Frank Dancevic 6–2, 1–0, ret. 2–3; 6–8 March 2015 ; Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre , Vancouver , Canada; World Group first round; hard(i) surface Victory 17 II Singles Canada Vasek Pospisil 6–4, 7–6(7–5) , 6–3 Victory 18 IV Singles Milos Raonic 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 3–2; 18–20 September 2015 ; Club Campestre, Pereira , Colombia; World Group play-off; clay surface Victory 19 II Singles Colombia Alejandro Falla 7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–1) , 7–5 Victory 20 IV Singles Santiago Giraldo 6–4, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) 1–3; 4–6 March 2016 ; Barclaycard Arena , Birmingham , Great Britain; World Group first round; hard(i) surface Victory 21 II Singles Great Britain Dan Evans 6–3, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) Defeat 22 IV Singles Andy Murray 5–7, 6–7(8–6) , 6–3, 6–4, 3–6 5–0; 16–18 September 2016 ; Utsubo Tennis Center , Osaka , Japan; World Group play-off; hard surface Victory 23 III Doubles (with Yūichi Sugita ) Ukraine Artem Smirnov / Sergiy Stakhovsky 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
Notes ^ Nishikori gave a walkover in the second-round match at the 2021 Canadian Open to Hubert Hurkacz . ^ 2020 Summer Olympics is postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. ^ Including appearances in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, in Summer Olympics, and not included in Davis Cup, Laver Cup, ATP Cup and the United Cup. ^ Including matches in Grand Slam, in ATP World Tour, in Summer Olympics, in Davis Cup, Laver Cup, ATP Cup and the United Cup.
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