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Ryan Sweeting #93 def. Kei Nishikori #61

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Apr 10, 2011*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ryan Sweeting
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h

Stat	Ryan Sweeting	Kei Nishikori
Aces	5	1
Double faults	6	0
First serve %	59	57
First serve points won %	69	77
Second serve points won %	53	48
Break points saved %	80	60
Break points converted %	40	20
Service points won %	62	65
Return points won %	35	38
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ryan Sweeting	Kei Nishikori
Country	USA	JPN
Birth date	Jul 14, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	23	21
Height	196	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	93	61
Ranking points (entering)	566	827
Elo (entering)	1,850	1,841
Career W-L	34–56	424–226
Career earnings	$1,024,486	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Ryan Sweeting 0 – 1 Kei Nishikori

Path

Ryan Sweeting's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	SF	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	QF	Teymuraz Gabashvili	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2011	R16	Sam Querrey	3-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2011	R32	Tim Smyczek	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ryan Sweeting's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	SF	Pablo Cuevas	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	QF	Mardy Fish	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2011	R16	Igor Andreev	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2011	R32	Franko Skugor	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data