Kei Nishikori #8 def. Julien Benneteau #28

7-6(4) 6-4

Kei Nishikori defeated Julien Benneteau 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2014 Kuala Lumpur final on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKei NishikoriJulien Benneteau
Aces29
Double faults31
First serve %6466
First serve points won %8064
Second serve points won %6048
Break points saved %6782
Break points converted %1833
Service points won %7259
Return points won %4128
Total points won %5545

Player Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriJulien Benneteau
Country JPN FRA
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Dec 20, 1981
Age2432
Height178 cm185 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)828
Ranking points (entering)3,8651,205
Elo (entering)2,1771,864
Current career W-L436–232270–293
Current career earnings$26,161,710$9,556,742
Pre-match H2H

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jarkko Nieminen #576-3 4-6 6-2WH2HMatch dataSep 27, 2014SF
Marinko Matosevic #786-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataSep 27, 2014QF
Rajeev Ram #1506-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 26, 2014R16

Kei Nishikori's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Julien Benneteau's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ernests Gulbis #136-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 27, 2014SF
Pablo Cuevas #376-3 6-7(3) 6-4WH2HMatch dataSep 27, 2014QF
Filip Krajinovic #1036-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataSep 26, 2014R16