Head to head
3
Hard
2
4
Clay
0
Kei Nishikori's wins on the left · Benoit Paire's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (9)
| 2019 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | Kei Nishikori | 6-2 6-7(8) 6-2 6-7(8) 7-5 |
| 2019 | Dubai | Hard | R32 | Kei Nishikori | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2018 | Tokyo | Hard | R16 | Kei Nishikori | 6-3 7-5 |
| 2018 | Roland Garros | Clay | R64 | Kei Nishikori | 6-3 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 |
| 2016 | Barcelona | Clay | SF | Kei Nishikori | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2015 | Tokyo | Hard | SF | Benoit Paire | 1-6 6-4 6-2 |
| 2015 | US Open | Hard | R128 | Benoit Paire | 6-4 3-6 4-6 7-6(6) 6-4 |
| 2013 | Roland Garros | Clay | R32 | Kei Nishikori | 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 6-1 |
| 2012 | Paris Masters | Hard | R32 | Kei Nishikori | 7-6(2) 6-2 |
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.