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Kei Nishikori #147 def. Marin Cilic #13

5-7 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1

Match Information

Date Sep 2, 2010*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score5-7 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1
Loser Marin Cilic
Duration4h 59m
StatKei NishikoriMarin Cilic
Aces1313
Double faults1112
First serve %5852
First serve points won %7667
Second serve points won %3953
Break points saved %5874
Break points converted %2642
Service points won %6160
Return points won %4039
Total points won %5050

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriMarin Cilic
Country JPN CRO
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Sep 28, 1988
Age2021
Height178198
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)14713
Ranking points (entering)3372,855
Elo (entering)1,7671,934
Career W-L424–226572–344
Career earnings$26,091,290$33,355,926
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 0 1 Marin Cilic

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 2010R128 Evgeny Korolev 7-6(0) 5-2 (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Aug 31, 2010Q3 Frank Dancevic 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
Aug 31, 2010Q2 Alexander Kudryavtsev 6-3 7-6(1)WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 2010Q1 Paul Capdeville 6-3 5-7 6-2WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 5, 2010R32 Albert Montanes 2-6 1-2 (ret.)LH2HMatch data

Marin Cilic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 2010R128 Illya Marchenko 7-5 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data