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Kei Nishikori #4 def. Rafael Nadal #9

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date Aug 15, 2015*
Tournament Canada Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score6-2 6-4
Loser Rafael Nadal
StatKei NishikoriRafael Nadal
Aces54
Double faults36
First serve %5856
First serve points won %8067
Second serve points won %4538
Break points saved %670
Break points converted %10033
Service points won %6554
Return points won %4635
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriRafael Nadal
Country JPN ESP
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Jun 3, 1986
Age2529
Height178185
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)49
Ranking points (entering)6,0253,500
Elo (entering)2,1882,191
Career W-L424–2261,045–225
Career earnings$26,091,290$134,946,100
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 0 7 Rafael Nadal

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 14, 2015R16 David Goffin 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 13, 2015R32 Pablo Andujar 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 15, 2015SF Andy Murray 3-6 0-6LH2HMatch data

Rafael Nadal's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 14, 2015R16 Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 13, 2015R32 Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6(4) 6-3WH2HMatch data