Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Fernando Verdasco #9 def. Kei Nishikori #82

6-2 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2011*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-2 6-4 6-3
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Kei Nishikori
Aces	3	1
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	73	69
First serve points won %	73	63
Second serve points won %	59	35
Break points saved %	75	40
Break points converted %	60	25
Service points won %	69	54
Return points won %	46	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Kei Nishikori
Country	ESP	JPN
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Dec 29, 1989
Age	27	21
Height	188	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	82
Ranking points (entering)	3,240	599
Elo (entering)	1,932	1,812
Career W-L	549–441	424–226
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2011	R64	Janko Tipsarevic	2-6 4-6 6-4 7-6(0) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2011	R128	Rainer Schuettler	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2011	R16	Tomas Berdych	4-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2011	R64	Florian Mayer	6-4 6-3 0-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2011	R128	Fabio Fognini	6-1 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data