Nishikori in his prime (whatever year you think that is; for me its 2014 or 2016) is going to play a best of 3 setter on hard court against the top 10 right now. How many does he beat?

  1. Fritz

  2. Hurkacz

  3. Rune

  4. Zverev

  5. Tsitsipas

  6. Rublev

  7. Sinner

  8. Medvedev

  9. Alcaraz

  10. Djokovic

  • AmadisHaliBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Decided to simulate these using the UTS ‘Hypothetical Matchup’ feature that allows for these exact conditions as variables

    Using ‘Peak ELO Rating’ for Prime Nishikori provides the date August 15th 2016 as the result

    1. Fritz - 71.2% chance of Nishikori win

    2. Hurkacz - 69.0% (nice) chance of Nishikori win

    3. Rune - 73.4% chance of Nishikori win

    4. Zverev - 62.8% chance of Nishikori win

    5. Tsitsipas - 68.6% chance of Nishikori win

    6. Rublev - 65.3% chance of Nishikori win

    7. Sinner - 47.4% chance of Nishikori win

    8. Medvedev - 49.9% chance of Nishikori win

    9. Alcaraz - 50.7% chance of Nishikori win

    10. Djokovic - 26.9% chance of Nishikori win