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Kei Nishikori #7 def. Benoit Paire #38

6-2 6-7(8) 6-2 6-7(8) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 2019*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-2 6-7(8) 6-2 6-7(8) 7-5
Loser	Benoit Paire
Duration	3h 55m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Benoit Paire
Aces	3	8
Double faults	6	15
First serve %	65	54
First serve points won %	68	72
Second serve points won %	48	39
Break points saved %	58	47
Break points converted %	53	42
Service points won %	61	56
Return points won %	44	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Benoit Paire
Country	JPN	FRA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	May 8, 1989
Age	29	30
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	38
Ranking points (entering)	3,860	1,168
Elo (entering)	2,055	1,951
Career W-L	424–226	239–293
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$10,544,721

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 6 – 2 Benoit Paire

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2019	R32	Laslo Djere	6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 4-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2019	R64	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2019	R128	Quentin Halys	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 2019	QF	Rafael Nadal	1-6 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Benoit Paire's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2019	R32	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-2 4-6 7-6(1) (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2019	R64	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-2 6-2 5-7 6-7(6) 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2019	R128	Marius Copil	6-4 6-7(5) 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data