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Kei Nishikori #6 def. Dominic Thiem #15

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2016*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Dominic Thiem
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Dominic Thiem
Aces	1	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	71	64
First serve points won %	71	61
Second serve points won %	62	48
Break points saved %	80	70
Break points converted %	30	20
Service points won %	68	57
Return points won %	43	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Dominic Thiem
Country	JPN	AUT
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Sep 3, 1993
Age	26	22
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	15
Ranking points (entering)	4,290	2,340
Elo (entering)	2,224	2,071
Career W-L	424–226	337–207
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$30,387,561

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 1 – 0 Dominic Thiem

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2016	R16	Richard Gasquet	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2016	R32	Viktor Troicki	5-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2016	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-2 4-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Dominic Thiem's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2016	R16	Roger Federer	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2016	R32	Joao Sousa	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2016	R64	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data