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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Kei Nishikori #6

6-3 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	May 7, 2016*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 58m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	4	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	73	61
First serve points won %	76	69
Second serve points won %	43	45
Break points saved %	80	71
Break points converted %	29	20
Service points won %	67	60
Return points won %	40	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Country	SRB	JPN
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	28	26
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	15,550	4,290
Elo (entering)	2,555	2,213
Career W-L	1,122–223	424–226
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 8 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2016	QF	Milos Raonic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2016	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2016	R32	Borna Coric	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2016	F	Andy Murray	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2016	QF	Nick Kyrgios	6-7(6) 7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2016	R16	Richard Gasquet	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2016	R32	Fabio Fognini	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data