Frances Tiafoe def. Kei Nishikori — Round of 32, Japan Open Tennis Championships 2026

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Played1 Oct 2026

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇺🇸ranked ATP number 8 going into this drawWon

Frances Tiafoe 6 6

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Kei Nishikori 4 4

🇺🇸F. TiafoeFrances TiafoevK. NishikoriKei Nishikori🇯🇵

🇺🇸Frances Tiafoe

🇯🇵Kei Nishikori

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

8–2

Last 10 matches

4–6

4–1

Last 30 days

–

By surface

11–4

Hard

1–1

7–4

Clay

–

9–2

Grass

–

By round

6–4

R32

1–0

5–2

R16

0–1

10–1

First match at an event

1–0

6–2

At ATP 500s

1–1

How their matches go

36

Completed matches

2

36%

Won in straight sets

0%

39%

Won after losing a set

50%

17%

Lost after winning a set

0%

8%

Lost in straight sets

50%

13–14

Tiebreaks

0–1

11–5

Deciding sets

1–0

19/22

Won after winning set 1

–

8/14

Won after losing set 1

1/2

Serve and return, last 5 matches

59%

1st serve in

60%

73%

1st serve points won

72%

51%

2nd serve points won

51%

63%

Break points saved

63%

37%

Return points won

35%

48%

Break points won

28%

6.0

Aces a match

2.0

2.4

Double faults a match

2.2

Last 14 days

0

Matches

0

0

Sets

0

20

Days since last match

64

Last 10 matches going in

LatestFrances TiafoeKei Nishikori
1Lost🇺🇸B. SheltonBen SheltonNo. 9No. 9 · 11 SepNew York SF · 11 SepLost🇪🇸R. JodarRafael JodarNo. 24No. 24 · 29 JulWashington R16 · 29 Jul
2Won🇺🇸A. MichelsenAlex MichelsenNo. 45No. 45 · 8 SepNew York QF · 8 SepWon🇨🇳J. ShangJuncheng ShangR32 · 27 JulWashington R32 · 27 Jul
3Won🇷🇺D. MedvedevDaniil MedvedevNo. 8No. 8 · 6 SepNew York R16 · 6 SepLost🇦🇷C. Ugo CarabelliCamilo Ugo CarabelliNo. 47No. 47 · 8 AugCincinnati R128 · 8 Aug
4Won🇲🇨V. VacherotValentin VacherotNo. 23No. 23 · 4 SepNew York R32 · 4 SepLost🇷🇺K. KhachanovKaren KhachanovNo. 24No. 24 · 21 MayGeneva R16 · 21 May
5Won🇯🇵R. SakamotoRei SakamotoR64 · 2 SepNew York R64 · 2 SepWon🇺🇸L. TienLearner TienNo. 70No. 70 · 19 MayGeneva R32 · 19 May
6Won🇺🇸M. DammMartin DammNo. 92No. 92 · 31 AugNew York R128 · 31 AugLost🇨🇦D. ShapovalovDenis ShapovalovNo. 29No. 29 · 26 AprMadrid R64 · 26 Apr
7Lost🇫🇷A. FilsArthur FilsNo. 21No. 21 · 23 AugCincinnati F · 23 AugWon🇦🇺A. VukicAleksandar VukicNo. 84No. 84 · 24 AprMadrid R128 · 24 Apr
8Won🇺🇸B. NakashimaBrandon NakashimaNo. 22No. 22 · 22 AugCincinnati SF · 22 AugLost🇺🇸C. EubanksChristopher EubanksR16 · 3 AprHouston R16 · 3 Apr
9Won🇮🇹L. MusettiLorenzo MusettiNo. 15No. 15 · 21 AugCincinnati QF · 21 AugWon🇺🇸M. KruegerMitchell KruegerR32 · 1 AprHouston R32 · 1 Apr
10Won🇨🇦F. Auger-AliassimeFelix Auger-AliassimeNo. 4No. 4 · 19 AugCincinnati R16 · 19 AugLost🇫🇷U. HumbertUgo HumbertNo. 15No. 15 · 7 MarIndian Wells R64 · 7 Mar