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Roger Federer #4 def. Kei Nishikori #32

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 6, 2011*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Roger Federer	Kei Nishikori
Aces	5	0
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	64	46
First serve points won %	88	53
Second serve points won %	79	51
Break points saved %	100	69
Break points converted %	31	0
Service points won %	85	52
Return points won %	48	15
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Kei Nishikori
Country	SUI	JPN
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Dec 29, 1989
Age	30	21
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	32
Ranking points (entering)	7,530	1,225
Elo (entering)	2,262	1,953
Career W-L	1,206–267	424–226
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 0 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2011	SF	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2011	QF	Andy Roddick	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2011	R16	Jarkko Nieminen	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2011	R32	Potito Starace	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer'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
Nov 5, 2011	SF	Novak Djokovic	2-6 7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2011	QF	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2011	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2011	R32	Tomas Berdych	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data