Head to head
5
Hard
2
1
Clay
1
Kei Nishikori's wins on the left · Jo-Wilfried Tsonga'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 | R64 | Kei Nishikori | 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 |
| 2016 | Paris Masters | Hard | R16 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 0-6 6-3 7-6(3) |
| 2016 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Kei Nishikori | 6-4 6-2 6-4 |
| 2015 | Roland Garros | Clay | QF | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6-1 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 |
| 2014 | Paris Masters | Hard | R16 | Kei Nishikori | 6-1 4-6 6-4 |
| 2013 | Paris Masters | Hard | R32 | Kei Nishikori | 1-6 7-6(4) 7-6(7) |
| 2013 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | R16 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7-6(5) 6-0 |
| 2012 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Kei Nishikori | 2-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-3 |
| 2011 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | R32 | Kei Nishikori | 6-7(1) 6-4 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.