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Kei Nishikori #6 def. Benoit Paire #22

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 2016*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Benoit Paire
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Benoit Paire
Aces	2	3
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	68	43
First serve points won %	74	67
Second serve points won %	56	34
Break points saved %	67	44
Break points converted %	56	33
Service points won %	68	48
Return points won %	52	32
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Benoit Paire
Country	JPN	FRA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	May 8, 1989
Age	26	26
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	22
Ranking points (entering)	4,490	1,616
Elo (entering)	2,196	1,879
Career W-L	424–226	239–293
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$10,544,721

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 2 – 2 Benoit Paire

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2016	QF	Alexandr Dolgopolov	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2016	R16	Jeremy Chardy	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2016	R32	Thiemo de Bakker	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2016	F	Rafael Nadal	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Benoit Paire's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2016	QF	Malek Jaziri	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2016	R16	Pablo Cuevas	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2016	R32	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data