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Marin Cilic #9 def. Kei Nishikori #8

6-3 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2014*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	6-3 6-3 6-3
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	18	2
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	52	52
First serve points won %	80	56
Second serve points won %	61	58
Break points saved %	89	55
Break points converted %	45	11
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Kei Nishikori
Country	CRO	JPN
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Dec 29, 1989
Age	25	24
Height	198	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	8
Ranking points (entering)	3,845	3,870
Elo (entering)	2,166	2,191
Career W-L	572–344	424–226
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 2 – 5 Kei Nishikori

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2014	SF	Roger Federer	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2014	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-2 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2014	R16	Gilles Simon	5-7 7-6(3) 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Kevin Anderson	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2014	R64	Illya Marchenko	7-6(2) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 3-1 (ret.)	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
Sep 7, 2014	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 1-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2014	QF	Stan Wawrinka	3-6 7-5 7-6(7) 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2014	R16	Milos Raonic	4-6 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2014	R64	Pablo Andujar	6-4 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Wayne Odesnik	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data