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Kei Nishikori #17 def. Ernests Gulbis #23

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 2014*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	1	5
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	81	64
Second serve points won %	63	44
Break points saved %	—	70
Break points converted %	30	—
Service points won %	74	56
Return points won %	44	26
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Ernests Gulbis
Country	JPN	LAT
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Aug 30, 1988
Age	24	25
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	23
Ranking points (entering)	1,985	1,655
Elo (entering)	2,069	2,022
Career W-L	424–226	221–232
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2014	QF	Marin Cilic	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2014	R16	Andrey Golubev	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2014	R32	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2014	F	Santiago Giraldo	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2014	QF	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2014	R16	Albert Montanes	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2014	R32	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data