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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Kei Nishikori #9

6-1 4-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-1 4-1 (ret.)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	52m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	2	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	69	70
First serve points won %	85	48
Second serve points won %	89	36
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	86	45
Return points won %	55	14
Total points won %	67	33

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Country	SRB	JPN
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	31	29
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	9
Ranking points (entering)	9,135	3,750
Elo (entering)	2,330	2,162
Career W-L	1,122–223	424–226
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 17 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Daniil Medvedev	6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2019	R32	Denis Shapovalov	6-3 6-4 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Mitchell Krueger	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2019	SF	Lucas Pouille	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2019	R16	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-7(8) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2019	R32	Joao Sousa	7-6(6) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Ivo Karlovic	6-3 7-6(6) 5-7 5-7 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Kamil Majchrzak	3-6 6-7(6) 6-0 6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data