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Benoit Paire #32 def. Kei Nishikori #6

1-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 2015*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Benoit Paire
Score	1-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Kei Nishikori

Stat	Benoit Paire	Kei Nishikori
Aces	11	4
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	58	63
First serve points won %	73	79
Second serve points won %	46	37
Break points saved %	78	50
Break points converted %	50	22
Service points won %	61	63
Return points won %	37	39
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Benoit Paire	Kei Nishikori
Country	FRA	JPN
Birth date	May 8, 1989	Dec 29, 1989
Age	26	25
Height	196	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	32	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,187	4,540
Elo (entering)	1,916	2,170
Career W-L	239–293	424–226
Career earnings	$10,544,721	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Benoit Paire 1 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Benoit Paire's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2015	QF	Nick Kyrgios	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2015	R16	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2015	R32	Grigor Dimitrov	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Benoit Paire's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2015	F	Stan Wawrinka	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2015	QF	Marin Cilic	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2015	R16	Sam Querrey	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2015	R32	Borna Coric	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data