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Kei Nishikori #238 def. Novak Djokovic #4

6-4 1-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2014*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-4 1-6 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 52m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Novak Djokovic
Aces	5	15
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	58	59
First serve points won %	67	80
Second serve points won %	50	37
Break points saved %	69	29
Break points converted %	71	31
Service points won %	60	62
Return points won %	38	40
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Novak Djokovic
Country	JPN	SRB
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	May 22, 1987
Age	24	27
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	238	4
Ranking points (entering)	232	4,780
Elo (entering)	2,150	2,443
Career W-L	424–226	1,122–223
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 1 – 2 Novak Djokovic

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2014	QF	Stan Wawrinka	3-6 7-5 7-6(7) 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2014	R16	Milos Raonic	4-6 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2014	R64	Pablo Andujar	6-4 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Wayne Odesnik	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2014	F	Marin Cilic	3-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2014	QF	Andy Murray	7-6(1) 6-7(1) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2014	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Sam Querrey	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2014	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Diego Schwartzman	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data