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Kei Nishikori #7 def. Mikhail Kukushkin #58

6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 2019*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Mikhail Kukushkin
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Mikhail Kukushkin
Aces	4	10
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	59	66
First serve points won %	66	65
Second serve points won %	61	44
Break points saved %	73	62
Break points converted %	38	27
Service points won %	64	58
Return points won %	42	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Mikhail Kukushkin
Country	JPN	KAZ
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Dec 26, 1987
Age	29	31
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	58
Ranking points (entering)	4,040	885
Elo (entering)	2,081	1,813
Career W-L	424–226	144–218
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$7,566,992

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 10 – 0 Mikhail Kukushkin

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2019	R32	Steve Johnson	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2019	R64	Cameron Norrie	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2019	R128	Thiago Monteiro	6-4 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2019	QF	Roger Federer	6-4 1-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mikhail Kukushkin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2019	R32	Jan-Lennard Struff	6-3 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2019	R64	John Isner	6-4 6-7(3) 4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2019	R128	Pablo Andujar	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data