SF Japan Open 2012

Kei Nishikori #17 def. Marcos Baghdatis #46

6-2 6-2

Kei Nishikori defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 6-2 in the 2012 Japan Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKei NishikoriMarcos Baghdatis
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
20
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
13
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
65.1%50.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
75.0%66.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
80.0%41.7%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
33.3%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
76.7%54.2%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
66.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
45.8%23.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
60.4%39.6%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+13.7-8.8
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+8.8-13.7

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2012 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriMarcos Baghdatis
Country JPN CYP
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Jun 17, 1985
Age2227
Height178 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1746
Ranking points (entering)1,865900
Elo (entering)1,9871,885
Current career W-L436–232327–274
Current career earnings$26,161,710$8,918,917
Pre-match H2H

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Tomas Berdych #67-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 6, 2012QF
Tommy Robredo #1255-7 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataOct 5, 2012R16
Go Soeda #554-6 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataOct 4, 2012R32

Kei Nishikori's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Milos Raonic #157-6(5) 3-6 6-0WH2HMatch dataOct 7, 2012F

Marcos Baghdatis's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Dmitry Tursunov #1176-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 6, 2012QF
Juan Monaco #107-5 1-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataOct 5, 2012R16
Sergiy Stakhovsky #957-6(3) 7-5WH2HMatch dataOct 4, 2012R32