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Kei Nishikori #5 def. Kevin Anderson #15

6-2 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 2015*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-2 3-6 6-3
Loser	Kevin Anderson
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Kevin Anderson
Aces	6	11
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	55	59
First serve points won %	76	72
Second serve points won %	62	44
Break points saved %	60	67
Break points converted %	33	40
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Kevin Anderson
Country	JPN	RSA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	May 18, 1986
Age	25	28
Height	178	203
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	15
Ranking points (entering)	5,205	2,125
Elo (entering)	2,221	1,992
Career W-L	424–226	347–251
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$17,791,917

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 3 – 0 Kevin Anderson

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2015	QF	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2015	R16	Yen-Hsun Lu	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2015	R32	Alejandro Gonzalez	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2015	F	David Ferrer	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2015	QF	Viktor Troicki	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2015	R16	Steve Johnson	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2015	R32	Dustin Brown	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data