NISHIKORI Kei

Grand Slams

	Aus Open		Roland Garros		Wimbledon		US Open
Year	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
2021	R128	-	R16	-	R64	-	-	-
2020	-	-	R64	-	-	-	-	-
2019	QF	-	QF	-	QF	-	R32	-
2018	-	-	R16	-	QF	-	SF	-
2017	R16	-	QF	-	R32	-	-	-
2016	QF	-	R16	-	R16	-	SF	-
2015	QF	-	QF	-	R64	-	R128	-
2014	R16	-	R128	-	R16	-	RU	-
2013	R16	-	R16	-	R32	-	R128	-
2012	QF	-	-	-	R32	-	R32	-
2011	R32	-	R64	R32	R128	R32	R128	-
2010	-	-	R64	-	R128	-	R32	-
2009	R128	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	-	-	-	-	R128	-	R16	-

Olympic Games - Singles
2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA - Seed 4

Phase	Result	Opponent	Result
R64	Won	RAMOS Albert (ESP)	6-2, 6-4
R32	Won	MILLMAN John (AUS)	7-6(4), 6-4
R16	Won	MARTIN Andrej (SVK)	6-2, 6-2
QF	Won	MONFILS Gael (FRA)	7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(6)
SF	Lost	MURRAY Andy (GBR)	1-6, 4-6
F 3/4	Won	NADAL Rafael (ESP)	6-2, 6-7(1), 6-3

2012 London, GBR - Seed 15

Phase	Result	Opponent	Result
R64	Won	TOMIC Bernard (AUS)	7-6(4), 7-6(4)
R32	Won	DAVYDENKO Nikolay (RUS)	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
R16	Won	FERRER David (ESP)	6-0, 3-6, 6-4
QF	Lost	DEL POTRO Juan Martin (ARG)	4-6, 6-7(4)

2008 Beijing, CHN

Phase	Result	Opponent	Result
R64	Lost	SCHUTTLER Rainer (GER)	4-6, 7-6(5), 3-6

Olympic Games - Doubles
2012 London, GBR - Partner: SOEDA Go

Phase	Result	Opponent	Result
R32	Lost	FEDERER Roger / WAWRINKA Stan (SUI)	7-6(5), 4-6, 4-6

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Air Kei (nishikori-fan.com, 11 Jul 2021)

Wife Mai Yamauchi

English, Japanese

Michael Chang [personal], USA; Max Mirnyi [personal], BLR, from 2020

Right (keinishikori.com, 22 May 2012)

His wife Mai Yamauchi is a model, who also goes by her modelling name Ako Mizuki. (thedigestweb.com, 19 Dec 2020)

Turned professional in 2007

In June 2021 he was troubled by an injury to his right wrist after dislocating a tendon in his little finger in 2017. (atptour.com, 21 Jan 2019; hochi.news, 17 Jun 2021)

In October 2020 an injury to his right shoulder forced him to withdraw from the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium, and the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria. (news.tennis365.net, 20 Oct 2020; nikkansports.com, 27 Oct 2020)

In October 2019 he underwent endoscopic surgery on his right elbow. He returned to competitive action in August 2020. (olympicchannel.com, 15 Mar 2020; atptour.com, 04 Mar 2021; nikkei.com, 15 Sep 2020)

A thigh injury forced him to retire part-way through his quarterfinal match against Serbian Novak Djokovic at the 2019 Australian Open. (bbc.co.uk, 23 Jan 2019)

He suffered from a wrist injury at the 2016 Australian Open. (thenewdaily.com.au, 22 Jan 2016)

He sustained an injury to his shoulder and missed out on the 2015 Swiss Indoors. (tennisnews.com, 23 Oct 2015)

A left calf injury forced him to pull out of Wimbledon in 2015. (bbc.com, 01 Jul 2015; 24latest.com, 01 Jul 2015)

He suffered hip and shoulder injuries in 2015. (atpworldtour.com, 13 Nov 2015)

In 2009 he underwent right elbow surgery that threatened to end his career. He returned to competitive action in February 2010. (keinishikori.com, 29 Apr 2016; timesofoman.com, 10 Jan 2013; tokyo2020.org, 22 Jul 2020)

He began playing tennis at age five. (keinishikori.com, 05 May 2014)

He received a tennis racket as a present from his father, who travelled overseas. (asahi.com, 20 Sep 2009)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (insidethegames.biz, 01 Aug 2019)

"My love for tennis and my unceasing desire to become a better player drove me on." (tokyo2020.org, 22 Jul 2020)

"Trying hard without giving up." (tokyo2020.org, 22 Jul 2020)

In 2015 he received the Sportsman of the Year Award from the Tokyo American Club. (tokyoamericanclub.org, 04 Nov 2015)

In 2011 and 2014 he received a Special Achievement Award at the annual Japanese Olympic Committee Awards. (joc.or.jp, 2015)

He was presented with Best Player of 2014 Award by the Japan Tennis Association. (sponichi.co.jp, 13 Jun 2015)

He was named Breakthrough Player of the Year by Reuters in 2014. (tennis.newssports.co, 30 Dec 2014; uk.reuters.com, 18 Dec 2014)

He was named Best Tennis Player of the Year by the Tokyo Sports Journalist Club in 2013. (sanspo.com, 12 Dec 2013)

He received Best Athletic Award from the Japan Tennis Association in 2012. (thetennisdaily.jp, 14 Jun 2013)

He received the 2008 ATP World Tour Newcomer of the Year award at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo. (atpworldtour.com, 06 Oct 2009)