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Kei Nishikori #47 def. Alexandr Dolgopolov #18

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2011*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Alexandr Dolgopolov
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Alexandr Dolgopolov
Aces	1	9
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	56	47
First serve points won %	76	67
Second serve points won %	57	37
Break points saved %	86	56
Break points converted %	44	14
Service points won %	67	51
Return points won %	49	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Alexandr Dolgopolov
Country	JPN	UKR
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Nov 7, 1988
Age	21	22
Height	178	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	47	18
Ranking points (entering)	885	1,745
Elo (entering)	1,867	1,921
Career W-L	424–226	215–200
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$7,125,771

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 0 Alexandr Dolgopolov

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2011	R16	Santiago Giraldo	7-6(6) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2011	R32	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-7(1) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2011	R64	Robin Haase	0-6 7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2011	SF	Andy Murray	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alexandr Dolgopolov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2011	R16	Bernard Tomic	5-7 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2011	R32	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2011	R64	Lukasz Kubot	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data