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Pierre-Hugues Herbert #49 def. Kei Nishikori #6

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 2019*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Kei Nishikori
Aces	7	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	58	71
First serve points won %	81	67
Second serve points won %	58	60
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	72	65
Return points won %	35	28
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Kei Nishikori
Country	FRA	JPN
Birth date	Mar 18, 1991	Dec 29, 1989
Age	28	29
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	49	6
Ranking points (entering)	948	4,200
Elo (entering)	1,877	2,061
Career W-L	105–136	424–226
Career earnings	$10,502,494	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Pierre-Hugues Herbert 0 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Pierre-Hugues Herbert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2019	R64	Fernando Verdasco	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pierre-Hugues Herbert's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2019	R16	Borna Coric	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

No prior matches in this tournament.