SF Brisbane International 2014

Lleyton Hewitt #60 def. Kei Nishikori #17

5-7 6-4 6-3

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Kei Nishikori 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the 2014 Brisbane International semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 4, 2014*
Tournament: Brisbane International
Edition: 2014
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 30m

Match Statistics

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Kei Nishikori
Aces	7	12
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	44.0%	60.0%
First serve points won %	89.0%	72.0%
Second serve points won %	53.0%	50.0%
Break points saved %	86.0%	83.0%
Break points converted %	17.0%	14.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	63.0%
Return points won %	37.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%
Match Serve+	+4.8	-0.5
Match Return+	+0.5	-4.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2014 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Kei Nishikori
Country	AUS	JPN
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Dec 29, 1989
Age	32	24
Height	178 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	60	17
Ranking points (entering)	780	1,915
Elo (entering)	1,917	1,970
Current career W-L	567–244	436–232
Current career earnings	$20,890,470	$26,161,710

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt #60 1 – 0 Kei Nishikori #17

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marius Copil #147	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 2014	QF
Feliciano Lopez #28	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 2014	R16
Thanasi Kokkinakis #628	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 1, 2014	R32

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #6	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 2014	F

Kei Nishikori's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marin Cilic #37	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 2014	QF
Matthew Ebden #68	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 2014	R16