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Kei Nishikori #6 def. Gael Monfils #16

4-6 6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Apr 1, 2016*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	4-6 6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	2h 29m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Gael Monfils
Aces	3	14
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	55	56
First serve points won %	66	80
Second serve points won %	56	35
Break points saved %	67	25
Break points converted %	75	33
Service points won %	61	60
Return points won %	40	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Gael Monfils
Country	JPN	FRA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Sep 1, 1986
Age	26	29
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,070	2,130
Elo (entering)	2,167	2,030
Career W-L	424–226	569–356
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 1 – 0 Gael Monfils

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 2016	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2016	R32	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2016	R64	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 2016	SF	Nick Kyrgios	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 2016	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	6-7(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 2016	R32	Pablo Cuevas	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2016	R64	Tatsuma Ito	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data