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Dominic Thiem #8 def. Kei Nishikori #21

6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 2018*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Dominic Thiem
Score	6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 28m

Stat	Dominic Thiem	Kei Nishikori
Aces	9	1
Double faults	7	1
First serve %	68	62
First serve points won %	85	73
Second serve points won %	57	41
Break points saved %	0	45
Break points converted %	55	100
Service points won %	76	61
Return points won %	39	24
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominic Thiem	Kei Nishikori
Country	AUT	JPN
Birth date	Sep 3, 1993	Dec 29, 1989
Age	24	28
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	21
Ranking points (entering)	3,355	1,710
Elo (entering)	2,067	2,089
Career W-L	337–207	424–226
Career earnings	$30,387,561	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Dominic Thiem 0 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Dominic Thiem's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2018	R32	Matteo Berrettini	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2018	R64	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-2 2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2018	R128	Ilya Ivashka	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dominic Thiem's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2018	QF	Alexander Zverev	6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2018	R32	Gilles Simon	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2018	R64	Benoit Paire	6-3 2-6 4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2018	R128	Maxime Janvier	7-6(0) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data