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Kei Nishikori #238 def. Benoit Paire #26

6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date Jun 2, 2013*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR32
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 6-1
Loser Benoit Paire
Duration2h 41m
StatKei NishikoriBenoit Paire
Aces16
Double faults59
First serve %6343
First serve points won %7168
Second serve points won %5246
Break points saved %5658
Break points converted %4244
Service points won %6455
Return points won %4536
Total points won %5446

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriBenoit Paire
Country JPN FRA
Birth dateDec 29, 1989May 8, 1989
Age2324
Height178196
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)23826
Ranking points (entering)2321,405
Elo (entering)1,9891,915
Career W-L424–226239–293
Career earnings$26,091,290$10,544,721
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 1 0 Benoit Paire

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 30, 2013R64 Grega Zemlja 6-1 5-7 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 29, 2013R128 Jesse Levine 6-3 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 4, 2013R16 Rafael Nadal 4-6 1-6 3-6LH2HMatch data

Benoit Paire's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 30, 2013R64 Lukasz Kubot 7-6(2) 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 29, 2013R128 Marcos Baghdatis 3-6 7-6(1) 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data