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Kei Nishikori #5 def. David Ferrer #8

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2015*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	David Ferrer
Aces	3	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	59	65
First serve points won %	77	50
Second serve points won %	43	47
Break points saved %	60	17
Break points converted %	83	40
Service points won %	63	49
Return points won %	51	37
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	David Ferrer
Country	JPN	ESP
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Apr 2, 1982
Age	25	33
Height	178	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	8
Ranking points (entering)	5,280	4,490
Elo (entering)	2,210	2,144
Career W-L	424–226	700–368
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 6 – 4 David Ferrer

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2015	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2015	R32	David Goffin	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2015	SF	Andy Murray	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2015	R16	Fernando Verdasco	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2015	R32	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data