Kei Nishikori vs Pablo Cuevas — Houston Semi-final

Houston · ATP · Semi-final
JPN
Kei Nishikori
#717ATP
1714ELO
1610Clay ELO
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 April 2011
clay
URU
Pablo Cuevas
40 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLLW
Nishikori K.
6-3 7-5
Cuevas P.
Nishikori K.
672
Cuevas P.
35–

Kei Nishikori defeated Pablo Cuevas 6-3 7-5 in the Houston semi-final on clay.

Key context

  • Match story: Kei Nishikori closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–5.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Nishikori K.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Cuevas P.

Cuevas P.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Nishikori K.

Even serve battle

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.Cuevas P.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
54%
52%
Service points won·Even
63%
64%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Even
59%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.7
4.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.2
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Nishikori K.Cuevas P.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
89
58
Break points saved·Even
97
93
Break points won·Dominant
74
32
Deciding sets·Clear edge
100
82
Tiebreaks·Dominant
97
44

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sweeting R.
Nishikori K.
6-47-63
Semi-finals
Sweeting R.
Karlovic I.
7-636-3
Nishikori K.
Cuevas P.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Karlovic I.
Isner J.
7-626-727-69
Cuevas P.
Garcia Lopez G.
1-67-646-3
Nishikori K.
Fish M.
6-36-2
Sweeting R.
Gabashvili T.
3-66-36-1
R16
Nishikori K.
Andreev I.
6-36-3
Fish M.
Ramos A.
6-36-4
Garcia Lopez G.
Devvarman S.
6-46-1
Cuevas P.
Blake J.
7-56-1
Gabashvili T.
Dimitrov G.
7-646-3
Karlovic I.
Kunitsyn I.
6-46-1
Isner J.
Zeballos H.
7-56-3
Sweeting R.
Querrey S.
3-67-656-3
R32
Dimitrov G.
Schuettler R.
6-06-2
Zeballos H.
Harrison R.
6-46-3
Ramos A.
Dabul B.
6-47-5
Gabashvili T.
Capdeville P.
6-47-64
Karlovic I.
Becker B.
7-656-4
Kunitsyn I.
Zverev M.
7-616-2
Nishikori K.
Skugor F.
6-36-2
Devvarman S.
Kendrick R.
6-26-1
Blake J.
Berlocq C.
6-736-36-4
Sweeting R.
Smyczek T.
6-26-2
Andreev I.
Russell M.
6-26-3
Cuevas P.
Mello R.
6-26-0