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Kei Nishikori #5 def. Martin Klizan #28

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 25, 2015*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Martin Klizan
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Martin Klizan
Aces	2	3
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	54	56
First serve points won %	79	53
Second serve points won %	58	40
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	69	47
Return points won %	53	31
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Martin Klizan
Country	JPN	SVK
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Jul 11, 1989
Age	25	25
Height	178	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	28
Ranking points (entering)	5,280	1,272
Elo (entering)	2,190	1,907
Career W-L	424–226	128–146
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$5,575,281

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 1 Martin Klizan

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2015	QF	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2015	R16	Santiago Giraldo	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2015	R32	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2015	F	Pablo Andujar	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Klizan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2015	QF	Tommy Robredo	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2015	R16	Victor Estrella	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Apr 23, 2015	R32	Juan Monaco	5-7 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data