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Kei Nishikori #8 def. Mikhail Kukushkin #65

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date Jan 8, 2016*
Tournament Brisbane
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score6-3 6-4
Loser Mikhail Kukushkin
Duration1h 29m
StatKei NishikoriMikhail Kukushkin
Aces53
Double faults20
First serve %6662
First serve points won %7264
Second serve points won %6245
Break points saved %8357
Break points converted %4317
Service points won %6957
Return points won %4331
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriMikhail Kukushkin
Country JPN KAZ
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Dec 26, 1987
Age2628
Height178183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)865
Ranking points (entering)4,235762
Elo (entering)2,1311,769
Career W-L424–226144–218
Career earnings$26,091,290$7,566,992
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 4 0 Mikhail Kukushkin

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 9, 2016QF Bernard Tomic 3-6 6-1 3-6LH2HMatch data

Mikhail Kukushkin's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 7, 2016R32 Denis Istomin 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data