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Kei Nishikori #9 def. Tommy Paul #225

3-6 7-6(8) 6-4

Match Information

Date Aug 5, 2017*
Tournament Washington
Category ATP 500
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score3-6 7-6(8) 6-4
Loser Tommy Paul
Duration2h 39m
StatKei NishikoriTommy Paul
Aces57
Double faults33
First serve %6465
First serve points won %7272
Second serve points won %4954
Break points saved %7878
Break points converted %2222
Service points won %6466
Return points won %3436
Total points won %4951

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriTommy Paul
Country JPN USA
Birth dateDec 29, 1989May 17, 1997
Age2720
Height178185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)9225
Ranking points (entering)3,140229
Elo (entering)2,1021,660
Career W-L424–226227–146
Career earnings$26,091,290$14,663,970
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 0 0 Tommy Paul

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 4, 2017R16 Juan Martin del Potro 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data
Aug 3, 2017R32 Donald Young 6-3 4-6 7-6(5)WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 5, 2017SF Alexander Zverev 3-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Tommy Paul's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 4, 2017R16 Gilles Muller 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 3, 2017R32 Lucas Pouille 7-6(6) 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 2, 2017R64 Casper Ruud 3-6 7-5 3-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch data