SF Vienna Open 2018

Kei Nishikori #11 def. Mikhail Kukushkin #71

6-4 6-3

Kei Nishikori defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 6-3 in the 2018 Vienna Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 27, 2018*
Tournament: Vienna Open
Edition: 2018
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 29m

Match Statistics

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Mikhail Kukushkin
Aces	5	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	64.0%	71.0%
First serve points won %	74.0%	62.0%
Second serve points won %	64.0%	53.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	60.0%
Break points converted %	40.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	70.0%	59.0%
Return points won %	41.0%	30.0%
Total points won %	56.0%	44.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Mikhail Kukushkin
Country	JPN	KAZ
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Dec 26, 1987
Age	28	30
Height	178 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	71
Ranking points (entering)	2,910	750
Elo (entering)	2,120	1,832
Current career W-L	436–232	145–220
Current career earnings	$26,161,710	$7,566,992

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori #11 7 – 0 Mikhail Kukushkin #71

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dominic Thiem #7	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2018	QF
Karen Khachanov #19	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 2018	R16
Frances Tiafoe #45	7-6(3) 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2018	R32

Kei Nishikori's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kevin Anderson #8	3-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 28, 2018	F

Mikhail Kukushkin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marton Fucsovics #40	4-6 7-6(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2018	QF
Andrey Rublev #76	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 2018	R16
Grigor Dimitrov #10	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2018	R32
Andrey Rublev #76	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 22, 2018	Q2
Vaclav Safranek #324	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 22, 2018	Q1