Kei Nishikori vs Ryan Sweeting — Delray Beach Quarter-final

Delray Beach · ATP · Quarter-final
JPN
Kei Nishikori
#720ATP
1714ELO
1680Hard ELO
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 21 February 2011
hard
USA
Ryan Sweeting
38 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
Nishikori K.
6-7 6-2 6-4
Sweeting R.
Nishikori K.
65662
Sweeting R.
77241

Kei Nishikori defeated Ryan Sweeting 6-7 6-2 6-4 in the Delray Beach quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ryan Sweeting came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Kei Nishikori had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 6 on hard. Kei Nishikori claimed a first win over Ryan Sweeting in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-04-04HoustonFclayRyan Sweeting6-4 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Nishikori K.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Sweeting R.

Sweeting R.serving74% hold

wins 60% 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.Sweeting R.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
68%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
54%
48%
Service points won·Even
63%
60%
Return points won·Even
39%
36%
Break points saved·Even
59%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.7
3.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.2
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 60). 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