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Kei Nishikori #11 def. Mikhail Kukushkin #71

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 2018*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Mikhail Kukushkin
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Mikhail Kukushkin
Aces	5	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	64	71
First serve points won %	74	62
Second serve points won %	64	53
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Mikhail Kukushkin
Country	JPN	KAZ
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Dec 26, 1987
Age	28	30
Height	178	183
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)	2,118	1,833
Career W-L	424–226	144–218
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$7,566,992

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 9 – 0 Mikhail Kukushkin

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

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

Kei Nishikori's next match

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

Mikhail Kukushkin's path

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