John Millman vs Takuto Niki — Kyoto CH Round of 16

Kyoto CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
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John Millman
37 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 23 February 2015
hard
JPN
Takuto Niki
38 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLLWLWL
Millman J.
6-3 4-6 6-2
Niki T.
Millman J.
6462
Niki T.
3621

John Millman defeated Takuto Niki 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the Kyoto CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Takuto Niki came in defending last year's round of 32, but John Millman had been the form player, winning 5 of their last 10 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: John Millman closed it out in three sets, 6–3 4–6 6–2.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Millman J.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Niki T.

Niki T.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Millman J.

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
Millman J.Niki T.
1st serve in·Even
62%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
50%
Service points won·Even
63%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.7
4.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.6
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 80). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Millman J.Niki T.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
70
14
Break points saved·Dominant
95
41
Break points won·Dominant
64
32
Deciding sets·Dominant
70
25
Tiebreaks·Dominant
74
29

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Przysiezny M.[7]
Millman J.[4]
6-33-66-3
Semi-finals
Przysiezny M.[7]
Kapas A.
7-656-4
Millman J.[4]
Ito T.[2]
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Millman J.[4]
Kondo H.
W/O
Ito T.[2]
Moriya H.[5]
6-46-2
Przysiezny M.[7]
Soeda G.[1]
6-46-2
Kapas A.
Uchiyama Y.
4-67-687-5
R16
Soeda G.[1]
Li Z.
7-626-3
Przysiezny M.[7]
Thompson J.
6-13-66-3
Uchiyama Y.
Sugita Y.[3]
7-631-66-3
Kapas A.
Zhang Z.[6]
6-37-66
Kondo H.
Mitchell B.[8]
6-46-4
Millman J.[4]
Niki T.
6-34-66-2
Moriya H.[5]
Saito T.
4-67-666-3
Ito T.[2]
Kibi Y.
7-56-4
R32
Sugita Y.[3]
Matsui T.
6-47-63
Moriya H.[5]
Ebden M.
6-37-65
Li Z.
Kim C.
7-636-1
Kondo H.
Okamura I.
6-16-3
Ito T.[2]
Venus M.
7-636-3
Kapas A.
Watanuki Y.
6-36-4
Soeda G.[1]
Onozawa A.
6-16-3
Thompson J.
Zaitsev A.
6-46-2
Przysiezny M.[7]
Ito Y.
6-36-4
Uchiyama Y.
Suzuki T.
6-26-2
Zhang Z.[6]
Singh K.
6-36-4
Mitchell B.[8]
Huang L.
6-46-3
Niki T.
Sekiguchi S.
6-37-69
Millman J.[4]
Ehara H.
6-746-17-5
Saito T.
Takeuchi K.
6-36-2
Kibi Y.
Whittington A.
6-37-65