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Marin Cilic #12 def. Kei Nishikori #5

6-1 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Oct 30, 2016*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	6-1 7-6(5)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	6	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	50	62
First serve points won %	81	70
Second serve points won %	65	37
Break points saved %	100	82
Break points converted %	18	0
Service points won %	73	58
Return points won %	42	27
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Kei Nishikori
Country	CRO	JPN
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Dec 29, 1989
Age	28	26
Height	198	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,690	4,650
Elo (entering)	2,090	2,198
Career W-L	572–344	424–226
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 4 – 7 Kei Nishikori

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2016	SF	Mischa Zverev	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2016	QF	Marcel Granollers	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2016	R16	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-0 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2016	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2016	SF	Gilles Muller	4-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2016	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2016	R16	Paolo Lorenzi	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2016	R32	Dusan Lajovic	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data