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Kevin Anderson #8 def. Kei Nishikori #11

6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 2018*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Kevin Anderson
Score	6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Kevin Anderson	Kei Nishikori
Aces	13	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	58	60
First serve points won %	91	68
Second serve points won %	48	65
Break points saved %	100	86
Break points converted %	14	0
Service points won %	73	67
Return points won %	33	27
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Anderson	Kei Nishikori
Country	RSA	JPN
Birth date	May 18, 1986	Dec 29, 1989
Age	32	28
Height	203	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	11
Ranking points (entering)	3,730	2,910
Elo (entering)	2,100	2,123
Career W-L	347–251	424–226
Career earnings	$17,791,917	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Anderson 2 – 6 Kei Nishikori

Path

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2018	SF	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2018	QF	Borna Coric	7-6(2) 1-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2018	R16	Jurgen Melzer	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2018	R32	Nikoloz Basilashvili	4-6 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson'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
Oct 27, 2018	SF	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2018	QF	Dominic Thiem	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2018	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2018	R32	Frances Tiafoe	7-6(3) 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data