Head to head
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Hard
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Tim Smyczek's wins on the left · Kei Nishikori's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (2)
| 2012 | US Open | Hard | R64 | Kei Nishikori | 6-2 6-2 6-4 |
| 2011 | San Jose | Hard | R16 | Tim Smyczek | 6-4 3-6 6-1 |
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.