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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Kei Nishikori #36

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 22, 2018*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Kei Nishikori
Aces	1	1
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	70	52
First serve points won %	74	54
Second serve points won %	56	50
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	69	52
Return points won %	48	31
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Kei Nishikori
Country	ESP	JPN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 29, 1989
Age	31	28
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	36
Ranking points (entering)	8,770	1,280
Elo (entering)	2,277	2,092
Career W-L	1,045–225	424–226
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 9 – 1 Kei Nishikori

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	SF	Grigor Dimitrov	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	QF	Dominic Thiem	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2018	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2018	R32	Aljaz Bedene	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	SF	Alexander Zverev	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	QF	Marin Cilic	6-4 6-7(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2018	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-0 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2018	R32	Daniil Medvedev	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2018	R64	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data