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Kei Nishikori #5 def. Gilles Muller #37

4-6 7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 2016*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	4-6 7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Gilles Muller
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Gilles Muller
Aces	8	20
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	70	84
Second serve points won %	67	47
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	69	71
Return points won %	29	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Gilles Muller
Country	JPN	LUX
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	May 9, 1983
Age	26	33
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	37
Ranking points (entering)	4,650	1,095
Elo (entering)	2,191	1,954
Career W-L	424–226	200–199
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$5,991,874

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 3 – 0 Gilles Muller

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2016	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2016	R16	Paolo Lorenzi	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2016	R32	Dusan Lajovic	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2016	F	Marin Cilic	1-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Gilles Muller's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2016	QF	Federico Delbonis	6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2016	R16	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2016	R32	Grigor Dimitrov	6-7(9) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data