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Stan Wawrinka #4 def. Kei Nishikori #5

6-3 6-4 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2015*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Stan Wawrinka
Score	6-3 6-4 7-6(6)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Stan Wawrinka	Kei Nishikori
Aces	21	6
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	62	62
First serve points won %	86	74
Second serve points won %	54	50
Break points saved %	75	73
Break points converted %	27	25
Service points won %	74	65
Return points won %	35	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Wawrinka	Kei Nishikori
Country	SUI	JPN
Birth date	Mar 28, 1985	Dec 29, 1989
Age	29	25
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	5
Ranking points (entering)	5,370	5,025
Elo (entering)	2,119	2,230
Career W-L	564–371	424–226
Career earnings	$38,463,397	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Stan Wawrinka 2 – 1 Kei Nishikori

Path

Stan Wawrinka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2015	R16	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	7-6(2) 6-4 4-6 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2015	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2015	R64	Marius Copil	7-6(4) 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Marsel Ilhan	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Wawrinka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2015	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-7(1) 6-3 4-6 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2015	R16	David Ferrer	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2015	R32	Steve Johnson	6-7(7) 6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2015	R64	Ivan Dodig	4-6 7-5 6-2 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Nicolas Almagro	6-4 7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data