Kei Nishikori vs Matthew Ebden — Brisbane Round of 16

Brisbane · ATP · Round of 16
JPN
Kei Nishikori
[2]
#703ATP
1714ELO
1680Hard ELO
36 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 29 December 2013
hard
AUS
Matthew Ebden
38 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWLLLL

Kei Nishikori defeated Matthew Ebden 6-2 6-4 in the Brisbane round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Kei Nishikori came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's semi-final. Kei Nishikori extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Nishikori K.
662
Ebden M.
240

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
1.27
SlowFast
Weather
35°CClear
Wind 5 km/hHumidity 42%

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-06-24WimbledonR128grassKei Nishikori6-2 6-4 6-3
2012-01-16Australian OpenR64hardKei Nishikori3-6 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-1

Statistics

Recent form
Nishikori K.Ebden M.
62%1st serve in62%
69%1st serve points won+2%71%
51%2nd serve points won+5%46%
62%Service points won62%
38%Return points won+4%34%
55%Break points saved55%
2.4Aces / match+2.14.5
2.3Double faults / match+1.84.1

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Hewitt L.
Federer R.[1]
6-14-66-3
Semi-finals
Federer R.[1]
Chardy J.[8]
6-36-736-3
Hewitt L.
Nishikori K.[2]
5-76-46-3
Quarter-finals
Federer R.[1]
Matosevic M.
6-16-1
Hewitt L.
Copil M.
6-46-2
Nishikori K.[2]
Cilic M.
6-45-76-2
Chardy J.[8]
Groth S.
7-56-4
R16
Matosevic M.
Querrey S.
5-77-636-4
Cilic M.
Dimitrov G.[5]
7-57-5
Groth S.
Herbert P.
4-67-637-65
Nishikori K.[2]
Ebden M.
6-26-4
Chardy J.[8]
Mahut N.
7-56-746-3
Copil M.
Simon G.[3]
7-56-3
Federer R.[1]
Nieminen J.
6-46-2
Hewitt L.
Lopez F.[6]
7-56-3
R32
Cilic M.
Istomin D.
6-737-656-4
Mahut N.
Sijsling I.
3-66-46-4
Dimitrov G.[5]
Haase R.
6-26-3
Hewitt L.
Kokkinakis T.
6-37-5
Lopez F.[6]
Kukushkin M.
6-46-4
Chardy J.[8]
Mannarino A.
7-647-5
Nieminen J.
Duckworth J.
6-26-3
Groth S.
Harrison R.
7-637-62
Querrey S.
Tursunov D.[7]
7-56-4
Ebden M.
Kuznetsov A.
6-36-4
Matosevic M.
Benneteau J.
5-76-47-64
Copil M.
Sugita Y.
7-656-727-67