Head to head
3
Hard
0
0
Clay
1
Kei Nishikori's wins on the left · James Blake's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 2012 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | R32 | Kei Nishikori | 2-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2011 | Delray Beach | Hard | R16 | Kei Nishikori | 6-3 6-4 |
| 2008 | Houston | Clay | R32 | James Blake | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2008 | Delray Beach | Hard | F | Kei Nishikori | 3-6 6-1 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.