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David Ferrer #5 def. Kei Nishikori #18

6-2 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2013*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	6-2 6-1 6-4
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 10m

Stat	David Ferrer	Kei Nishikori
Aces	6	1
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	68	61
First serve points won %	69	53
Second serve points won %	48	32
Break points saved %	85	36
Break points converted %	64	15
Service points won %	62	45
Return points won %	55	38
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Kei Nishikori
Country	ESP	JPN
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Dec 29, 1989
Age	30	23
Height	175	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	18
Ranking points (entering)	6,505	1,870
Elo (entering)	2,241	2,006
Career W-L	700–368	424–226
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 1 – 1 Kei Nishikori

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2013	R64	Tim Smyczek	6-0 7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Olivier Rochus	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2013	QF	Nicolas Almagro	4-6 4-6 7-5 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2013	R32	Evgeny Donskoy	7-6(3) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2013	R64	Carlos Berlocq	7-6(4) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2013	R128	Victor Hanescu	6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data