Head to head
Rivalry summary
Grigor Dimitrov and Kei Nishikori met 6 times on the ATP tour between 2013 and 2018. Kei Nishikori leads the head-to-head 5–1 against Grigor Dimitrov. By surface, Nishikori leads 4–1 on hard. They contested 1 finals, with Dimitrov winning 1 of them.
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Hard
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Clay
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Grigor Dimitrov's wins on the left · Kei Nishikori's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (6)
| 2018 | Brisbane | Hard | QF | Kei Nishikori | 7-5 7-5 |
| 2018 | Rome Masters | Clay | R32 | Kei Nishikori | 6-7(4) 7-5 6-4 |
| 2017 | Brisbane | Hard | F | Grigor Dimitrov | 6-2 2-6 6-3 |
| 2016 | Canada Masters | Hard | QF | Kei Nishikori | 6-3 3-6 6-2 |
| 2014 | Miami Masters | Hard | R32 | Kei Nishikori | 7-6(1) 7-5 |
| 2013 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | R64 | Kei Nishikori | 6-3 6-4 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.