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Kei Nishikori #5 def. David Ferrer #10

6-3 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2015*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-3 6-3 6-3
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	David Ferrer
Aces	7	2
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	56	65
First serve points won %	70	56
Second serve points won %	60	42
Break points saved %	83	65
Break points converted %	35	17
Service points won %	66	51
Return points won %	49	34
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	32
Height	178	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	10
Ranking points (entering)	5,025	4,145
Elo (entering)	2,212	2,131
Career W-L	424–226	700–368
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 5 – 3 David Ferrer

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2015	R32	Steve Johnson	6-7(7) 6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2015	R64	Ivan Dodig	4-6 7-5 6-2 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Nicolas Almagro	6-4 7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2015	QF	Stan Wawrinka	3-6 4-6 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2015	R32	Gilles Simon	6-2 7-5 5-7 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2015	R64	Sergiy Stakhovsky	5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Thomaz Bellucci	6-7(2) 6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data