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Kei Nishikori #7 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #10

6-4 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-4 6-2 6-4
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	3	13
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	60	60
First serve points won %	74	63
Second serve points won %	64	47
Break points saved %	50	58
Break points converted %	42	50
Service points won %	70	57
Return points won %	43	30
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	JPN	FRA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Apr 17, 1985
Age	26	30
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	10
Ranking points (entering)	4,235	2,725
Elo (entering)	2,139	2,108
Career W-L	424–226	445–228
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 4 – 2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2016	QF	Novak Djokovic	3-6 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-4 7-6(7) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Omar Jasika	7-5 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data