Kei Nishikori #48 def. Carsten Ball #273

6-3 6-4

Kei Nishikori defeated Carsten Ball 6-3 6-4 in the 2011 Winston-Salem Open third qualifying round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKei NishikoriCarsten Ball
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
26
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
52
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.3%66.7%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
73.2%80.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
59.3%33.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
80.0%25.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
67.6%64.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
75.0%20.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
35.6%32.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
54.9%45.1%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+4.8+1.6
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-1.6-4.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2011 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriCarsten Ball
Country JPN AUS
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Jun 20, 1987
Age2124
Height178 cm198 cm
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)48273
Ranking points (entering)900173
Elo (entering)1,7901,542
Current career W-L436–2328–12
Current career earnings$26,161,710$671,061
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori #48 0 0 Carsten Ball #273

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Daniel Yoo #4606-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 21, 2011Q2
Kevin Kim #3636-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 21, 2011Q1

Kei Nishikori's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Gilles Muller #691-6 6-4 7-6(5)WH2HMatch dataAug 23, 2011R64

Carsten Ball's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jordan Cox #5806-2 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataAug 21, 2011Q2
Andrew Carter #14966-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 21, 2011Q1