Kei Nishikori vs Mardy Fish — Houston Quarter-final

Houston · ATP · Quarter-final
JPN
Kei Nishikori
#720ATP
1714ELO
1610Clay ELO
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 April 2011
clay
USA
Mardy Fish
44 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLLWLL
Nishikori K.
6-3 6-2
Fish M.
Nishikori K.
662
Fish M.
32–

Kei Nishikori defeated Mardy Fish 6-3 6-2 in the Houston quarter-final on clay.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Nishikori K.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Fish M.

Fish M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Nishikori K.

Serve advantage — Fish M.

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.Fish M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
76%
2nd serve points won·Even
54%
53%
Service points won·Even
63%
66%
Return points won·Even
39%
39%
Break points saved·Even
59%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.7
8.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.2
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 111). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Nishikori K.Fish M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
89
65
Break points saved·Slight edge
97
89
Break points won·Clear edge
74
56
Deciding sets·Dominant
100
72
Tiebreaks·Dominant
97
63

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