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Kei Nishikori #5 def. Lukas Lacko #121

6-4 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2017*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-4 6-4 6-4
Loser	Lukas Lacko
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Lukas Lacko
Aces	5	12
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	83	77
Second serve points won %	67	33
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	76	58
Return points won %	42	24
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Lukas Lacko
Country	JPN	SVK
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Nov 3, 1987
Age	27	29
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	121
Ranking points (entering)	5,010	486
Elo (entering)	2,165	1,773
Career W-L	424–226	81–133
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$3,602,283

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 2 – 0 Lukas Lacko

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Jeremy Chardy	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Andrey Kuznetsov	5-7 6-1 6-4 6-7(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2017	R16	Roger Federer	7-6(4) 4-6 1-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Lukas Lacko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Dudi Sela	2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	4-6 7-5 1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2017	Q3	Denis Kudla	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2017	Q2	Maximo Gonzalez	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2017	Q1	Jeremy Jahn	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data