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Kei Nishikori #47 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #8

6-7(1) 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 12, 2011*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-7(1) 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	2h 28m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	4	11
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	60	52
First serve points won %	69	74
Second serve points won %	56	52
Break points saved %	33	56
Break points converted %	44	67
Service points won %	64	64
Return points won %	36	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	JPN	FRA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Apr 17, 1985
Age	21	26
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	47	8
Ranking points (entering)	885	3,050
Elo (entering)	1,825	2,122
Career W-L	424–226	445–228
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 0 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2011	R64	Robin Haase	0-6 7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2011	R16	Santiago Giraldo	7-6(6) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

No prior matches in this tournament.