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Kei Nishikori #238 def. Stan Wawrinka #156

3-6 7-5 7-6(7) 6-7(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 2014*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	3-6 7-5 7-6(7) 6-7(5) 6-4
Loser	Stan Wawrinka
Duration	4h 15m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Stan Wawrinka
Aces	3	18
Double faults	6	8
First serve %	59	56
First serve points won %	76	84
Second serve points won %	54	51
Break points saved %	80	70
Break points converted %	30	20
Service points won %	67	69
Return points won %	31	33
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Stan Wawrinka
Country	JPN	SUI
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Mar 28, 1985
Age	24	29
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	238	156
Ranking points (entering)	232	397
Elo (entering)	2,123	2,163
Career W-L	424–226	564–371
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$38,463,397

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 2 Stan Wawrinka

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2014	R16	Milos Raonic	4-6 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2014	R64	Pablo Andujar	6-4 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Wayne Odesnik	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2014	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 1-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Wawrinka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2014	R16	Tommy Robredo	7-5 4-6 7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Blaz Kavcic	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2014	R64	Thomaz Bellucci	6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Jiri Vesely	6-2 7-6(6) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data