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Stan Wawrinka #68 def. Kei Nishikori #7

6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 2019*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Stan Wawrinka
Score	6-2 4-6 6-4
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Stan Wawrinka	Kei Nishikori
Aces	8	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	59	65
First serve points won %	77	54
Second serve points won %	45	63
Break points saved %	57	64
Break points converted %	36	43
Service points won %	64	57
Return points won %	43	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Wawrinka	Kei Nishikori
Country	SUI	JPN
Birth date	Mar 28, 1985	Dec 29, 1989
Age	33	29
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	68	7
Ranking points (entering)	740	4,100
Elo (entering)	1,970	2,165
Career W-L	564–371	424–226
Career earnings	$38,463,397	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Stan Wawrinka 5 – 4 Kei Nishikori

Path

Stan Wawrinka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2019	QF	Denis Shapovalov	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2019	R16	Milos Raonic	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2019	R32	Benoit Paire	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Wawrinka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2019	F	Gael Monfils	3-6 6-1 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2019	QF	Marton Fucsovics	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2019	R16	Ernests Gulbis	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2019	R32	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data