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Kei Nishikori #26 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #6

2-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	2-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-3
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	3h 30m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	1	13
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	66	58
First serve points won %	70	68
Second serve points won %	53	43
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	64	58
Return points won %	42	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	JPN	FRA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Apr 17, 1985
Age	22	26
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,410	4,335
Elo (entering)	1,955	2,208
Career W-L	424–226	445–228
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 1 – 0 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Julien Benneteau	4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Matthew Ebden	3-6 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Stephane Robert	6-1 7-6(7) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2012	QF	Andy Murray	3-6 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Frederico Gil	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Ricardo Mello	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Denis Istomin	6-4 3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data