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Novak Djokovic #21 def. Kei Nishikori #28

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 2018*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 3-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	6	3
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	67	68
First serve points won %	85	59
Second serve points won %	40	43
Break points saved %	57	50
Break points converted %	50	43
Service points won %	70	54
Return points won %	46	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Country	SRB	JPN
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	31	28
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	28
Ranking points (entering)	1,715	1,530
Elo (entering)	2,180	2,091
Career W-L	1,122–223	424–226
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 15 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2018	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2018	R32	Kyle Edmund	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2018	R64	Horacio Zeballos	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2018	R128	Tennys Sandgren	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2018	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 3-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2018	R16	Ernests Gulbis	4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(10) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2018	R32	Nick Kyrgios	6-1 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2018	R64	Bernard Tomic	2-6 6-3 7-6(7) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2018	R128	Christian Harrison	6-2 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data