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Novak Djokovic #6 def. Kei Nishikori #21

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	64	61
First serve points won %	80	60
Second serve points won %	71	51
Break points saved %	100	76
Break points converted %	24	0
Service points won %	77	56
Return points won %	44	23
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Country	SRB	JPN
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	31	28
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	21
Ranking points (entering)	4,445	1,755
Elo (entering)	2,290	2,108
Career W-L	1,122–223	424–226
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 16 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	John Millman	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Joao Sousa	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Tennys Sandgren	6-1 6-3 6-7(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Marton Fucsovics	6-3 3-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2018	F	Juan Martin del Potro	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Marin Cilic	2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4	W	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