Ryan Sweeting vs Kei Nishikori — Houston Final

Houston · ATP · Final
USA
Ryan Sweeting
38 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 April 2011
clay
JPN
Kei Nishikori
#720ATP
1714ELO
1610Clay ELO
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWL
Sweeting R.
6-4 7-6
Nishikori K.
Sweeting R.
6772
Nishikori K.
463–

Ryan Sweeting defeated Kei Nishikori 6-4 7-6 in the Houston final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Kei Nishikori came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Ryan Sweeting claimed a first win over Kei Nishikori in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-02-21Delray BeachQFhardKei Nishikori6-7(5) 6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Sweeting R.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Nishikori K.

Nishikori K.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Sweeting R.

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
Sweeting R.Nishikori K.
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
68%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
54%
Service points won·Even
60%
63%
Return points won·Even
36%
39%
Break points saved·Even
61%
59%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.6
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (60 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

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