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Kei Nishikori #7 def. Ivo Karlovic #23

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2016*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-3 6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	6	21
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	60	68
First serve points won %	84	77
Second serve points won %	70	47
Break points saved %	100	71
Break points converted %	29	0
Service points won %	78	67
Return points won %	33	22
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Ivo Karlovic
Country	JPN	CRO
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Feb 28, 1979
Age	26	37
Height	178	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	23
Ranking points (entering)	4,165	1,570
Elo (entering)	2,178	1,997
Career W-L	424–226	357–333
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 2 – 1 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Nicolas Mahut	4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Karen Khachanov	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Benjamin Becker	6-1 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2016	QF	Andy Murray	1-6 6-4 4-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Jared Donaldson	6-4 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Donald Young	6-4 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Yen-Hsun Lu	4-6 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data