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Paul-Henri Mathieu #31 def. Kei Nishikori #61

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 2009*
Tournament	Brisbane
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Kei Nishikori
Aces	6	4
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	68	53
First serve points won %	67	62
Second serve points won %	65	53
Break points saved %	80	40
Break points converted %	60	20
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Kei Nishikori
Country	FRA	JPN
Birth date	Jan 12, 1982	Dec 29, 1989
Age	26	19
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	31	61
Ranking points (entering)	2,000	1,280
Elo (entering)	1,780	1,824
Career W-L	268–297	424–226
Career earnings	$6,299,093	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Paul-Henri Mathieu 0 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2009	R16	Ernests Gulbis	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2009	R32	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2009	SF	Fernando Verdasco	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2009	R16	Tomas Berdych	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2009	R32	Bobby Reynolds	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data