Kei Nishikori vs Brian Dabul — Delray Beach Round of 32

Delray Beach · ATP · Round of 32
JPN
Kei Nishikori
#717ATP
1714ELO
1680Hard ELO
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 February 2011
hard
ARG
Brian Dabul
42 yrs · 170 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
Nishikori K.
6-2 7-6
Dabul B.
Nishikori K.
6772
Dabul B.
265–

Kei Nishikori defeated Brian Dabul 6-2 7-6 in the Delray Beach round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Kei Nishikori came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Kei Nishikori closed it out in two sets, 6–2 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Nishikori K.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Dabul B.

Dabul B.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Nishikori K.

Serve advantage — Nishikori K.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Nishikori K.Dabul B.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
54%
53%
Service points won·Even
63%
63%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
33%
Break points saved·Clear edge
59%
47%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.7
2.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.2
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 9). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
del Potro J.
Tipsarevic J.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Tipsarevic J.
Nishikori K.
6-46-4
del Potro J.
Fish M.
6-17-5
Quarter-finals
Fish M.
Falla A.
6-16-4
del Potro J.
Anderson K.
6-46-4
Nishikori K.
Sweeting R.
6-756-26-4
Tipsarevic J.
Dodig I.
7-606-1
R16
del Potro J.
Gabashvili T.
6-16-1
Dodig I.
Sela D.
2-66-36-2
Fish M.
Mello R.
6-26-1
Falla A.
Mannarino A.
6-36-2
Anderson K.
Serra F.
6-16-4
Sweeting R.
Querrey S.
7-656-4
Tipsarevic J.
Kavcic B.
6-26-786-3
Nishikori K.
Blake J.
6-36-4
R32
Fish M.
Phau B.
5-0
Falla A.
Hajek J.
6-12-0
Blake J.
Becker B.
7-56-4
Nishikori K.
Dabul B.
6-27-65
Tipsarevic J.
Karlovic I.
7-6147-61
Sela D.
Matosevic M.
3-66-16-2
Mannarino A.
Mayer L.
1-67-636-4
Gabashvili T.
Isner J.
6-45-77-613
del Potro J.
Berankis R.
6-46-1
Serra F.
Harrison R.
3-66-37-5
Anderson K.
Young D.
6-757-646-2
Sweeting R.
Andreev I.
6-26-3
Querrey S.
Brown D.
6-35-76-3
Kavcic B.
Farah R.
6-16-4
Dodig I.
Kunitsyn I.
6-42-66-3
Mello R.
Schuettler R.
2-66-26-3