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Kei Nishikori #5 def. Steve Johnson #37

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date Jan 9, 2015*
Tournament Brisbane
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score6-4 7-5
Loser Steve Johnson
Duration1h 21m
StatKei NishikoriSteve Johnson
Aces76
Double faults11
First serve %6754
First serve points won %7673
Second serve points won %7361
Break points saved %10033
Break points converted %670
Service points won %7567
Return points won %3325
Total points won %5545

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriSteve Johnson
Country JPN USA
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Dec 24, 1989
Age2525
Height178188
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)537
Ranking points (entering)5,025999
Elo (entering)2,2111,774
Career W-L424–226196–201
Career earnings$26,091,290$8,082,688
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 1 0 Steve Johnson

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 10, 2015QF Bernard Tomic 6-0 6-4WH2HMatch data

Steve Johnson's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 7, 2015R32 Marinko Matosevic 2-6 7-6(0) 7-5WH2HMatch data