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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Kei Nishikori #6

2-6 6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2016*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	2-6 6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	3h 1m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	5	4
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	71	62
First serve points won %	70	62
Second serve points won %	48	57
Break points saved %	62	86
Break points converted %	14	38
Service points won %	64	60
Return points won %	40	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Country	SRB	JPN
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	28	26
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	16,550	4,290
Elo (entering)	2,570	2,233
Career W-L	1,122–223	424–226
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 9 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	QF	Rafael Nadal	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2016	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	0-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2016	R32	Stephane Robert	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2016	F	Andy Murray	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	QF	Dominic Thiem	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2016	R16	Richard Gasquet	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2016	R32	Viktor Troicki	5-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data