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Alexander Zverev #8 def. Kei Nishikori #9

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 5, 2017*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Alexander Zverev
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Alexander Zverev	Kei Nishikori
Aces	4	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	70	57
First serve points won %	94	71
Second serve points won %	64	48
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	85	61
Return points won %	39	15
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Zverev	Kei Nishikori
Country	GER	JPN
Birth date	Apr 20, 1997	Dec 29, 1989
Age	20	27
Height	198	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	9
Ranking points (entering)	3,150	3,140
Elo (entering)	2,113	2,105
Career W-L	528–215	424–226
Career earnings	$66,017,932	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Zverev 0 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2017	QF	Daniil Medvedev	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2017	R16	Tennys Sandgren	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2017	R32	Jordan Thompson	4-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 2017	F	Kevin Anderson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2017	QF	Tommy Paul	3-6 7-6(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2017	R16	Juan Martin del Potro	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2017	R32	Donald Young	6-3 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data