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Kei Nishikori #21 def. Marin Cilic #7

2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	4h 8m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Marin Cilic
Aces	6	19
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	55	58
First serve points won %	70	72
Second serve points won %	52	60
Break points saved %	54	44
Break points converted %	56	46
Service points won %	62	67
Return points won %	33	38
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Marin Cilic
Country	JPN	CRO
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Sep 28, 1988
Age	28	29
Height	178	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	7
Ranking points (entering)	1,755	4,445
Elo (entering)	2,079	2,152
Career W-L	424–226	572–344
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 8 – 6 Marin Cilic

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Diego Schwartzman	6-4 6-4 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Gael Monfils	6-2 5-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Maximilian Marterer	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2018	SF	Novak Djokovic	3-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	David Goffin	7-6(6) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Alex de Minaur	4-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Hubert Hurkacz	6-2 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Marius Copil	7-5 6-1 1-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data