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Kei Nishikori #36 def. Alexander Zverev #4

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 2018*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Alexander Zverev
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Alexander Zverev
Aces	1	6
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	60	49
First serve points won %	60	79
Second serve points won %	67	36
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	63	57
Return points won %	43	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Alexander Zverev
Country	JPN	GER
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Apr 20, 1997
Age	28	21
Height	178	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	36	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,280	4,925
Elo (entering)	2,077	2,064
Career W-L	424–226	528–215
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$66,017,932

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 1 Alexander Zverev

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	QF	Marin Cilic	6-4 6-7(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2018	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-0 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2018	R32	Daniil Medvedev	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2018	R64	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2018	F	Rafael Nadal	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	QF	Richard Gasquet	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2018	R16	Jan-Lennard Struff	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2018	R32	Gilles Muller	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data