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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Kei Nishikori #7

6-3 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-2 6-4
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	6	9
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	57	58
First serve points won %	65	59
Second serve points won %	66	40
Break points saved %	75	45
Break points converted %	55	25
Service points won %	65	51
Return points won %	49	35
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Country	SRB	JPN
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	28	26
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	16,790	4,235
Elo (entering)	2,566	2,160
Career W-L	1,122–223	424–226
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 6 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2016	R16	Gilles Simon	6-3 6-7(1) 6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-1 7-5 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Quentin Halys	6-1 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Hyeon Chung	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2016	SF	Roger Federer	6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2016	R16	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	7-5 2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Austin Krajicek	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data