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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Kei Nishikori #6

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 2016*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Kei Nishikori
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	74	71
First serve points won %	60	56
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	77	58
Break points converted %	42	23
Service points won %	57	53
Return points won %	47	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Kei Nishikori
Country	ESP	JPN
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Dec 29, 1989
Age	29	26
Height	185	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	6
Ranking points (entering)	5,595	4,490
Elo (entering)	2,229	2,200
Career W-L	1,045–225	424–226
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 8 – 1 Kei Nishikori

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2016	SF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2016	QF	Fabio Fognini	6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2016	R16	Albert Montanes	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2016	R32	Marcel Granollers	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2016	SF	Benoit Paire	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2016	QF	Alexandr Dolgopolov	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2016	R16	Jeremy Chardy	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2016	R32	Thiemo de Bakker	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data