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Marin Cilic #13 def. Kei Nishikori #6

6-1 5-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 2016*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	6-1 5-1 (ret.)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	43m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	17	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	67	81
First serve points won %	85	43
Second serve points won %	46	0
Break points saved %	0	38
Break points converted %	62	100
Service points won %	72	35
Return points won %	65	28
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Kei Nishikori
Country	CRO	JPN
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Dec 29, 1989
Age	27	26
Height	198	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,695	4,155
Elo (entering)	2,002	2,203
Career W-L	572–344	424–226
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 3 – 7 Kei Nishikori

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2016	R32	Lukas Lacko	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2016	R64	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6-2 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2016	R128	Brian Baker	6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2016	QF	Roger Federer	7-6(4) 6-4 3-6 6-7(9) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2016	R32	Andrey Kuznetsov	7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2016	R64	Julien Benneteau	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 2016	R128	Sam Groth	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data