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
Aces512
Double faults31
First serve %6157
First serve points won %8377
Second serve points won %6733
Break points saved %5056
Break points converted %4450
Service points won %7658
Return points won %4224
Total points won %5743

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-L436–23281–135
Current career earnings$26,161,710$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