R32 Australian Open 2017

Kei Nishikori #5 def. Lukas Lacko #121

6-4 6-4 6-4

Kei Nishikori defeated Lukas Lacko 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the 2017 Australian Open third round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatKei NishikoriLukas Lacko
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
512
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
31
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.5%56.6%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
82.6%76.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
66.7%32.6%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%55.6%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
76.3%57.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
44.4%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
42.5%23.7%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
56.6%43.4%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+12.5-6.3
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+6.3-12.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2017 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriLukas Lacko
Country JPN SVK
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Nov 3, 1987
Age2729
Height178 cm185 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)5121
Ranking points (entering)5,010486
Elo (entering)2,1911,773
Current career W-L436–23381–135
Current career earnings$26,002,690$3,602,283
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori #5 2 – 0 Lukas Lacko #121

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jeremy Chardy #726-3 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2017R64
Andrey Kuznetsov #455-7 6-1 6-4 6-7(6) 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 18, 2017R128

Kei Nishikori's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Roger Federer #177-6(4) 4-6 1-6 6-4 3-6LH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2017R16

Lukas Lacko's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Dudi Sela #672-6 6-3 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 19, 2017R64
Albert Ramos-Vinolas #264-6 7-5 1-6 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 18, 2017R128
Denis Kudla #1296-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 17, 2017Q3
Maximo Gonzalez #1514-6 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 17, 2017Q2
Jeremy Jahn #2136-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 16, 2017Q1