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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Kei Nishikori #17

7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 21, 2014*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(3)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	3h 17m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Kei Nishikori
Aces	12	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	71	66
First serve points won %	76	67
Second serve points won %	39	41
Break points saved %	60	38
Break points converted %	62	40
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Kei Nishikori
Country	ESP	JPN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 29, 1989
Age	27	24
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	13,130	1,915
Elo (entering)	2,448	1,979
Career W-L	1,045–225	424–226
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2014	R32	Gael Monfils	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2014	R64	Thanasi Kokkinakis	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2014	R128	Bernard Tomic	6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2014	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2014	R32	Donald Young	7-5 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2014	R64	Dusan Lajovic	6-1 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2014	R128	Marinko Matosevic	6-3 5-7 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data