Kei Nishikori vs Daniel Evans | Kei Nishikori Wins 6-3 7-5 7-6

UMPIRY

GBR vs JPNRound RobinHardFri 4 MarFinal

Kei NishikoriJPN

Daniel EvansGBR

SetsGames3

677

356

Kei Nishikori defeated Daniel Evans 6-3 7-5 7-6 in the GBR vs JPN round robin on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Daniel Evans came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Kei Nishikori had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 4 on hard. Kei Nishikori claimed a first win over Daniel Evans in two meetings, levelling the head-to-head at 1–1.

Key context

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

How the match was decided

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Nishikori K. took it in straight sets.

Match statistics

Match statistics are not available for this match. They appear once the official scoring feed publishes them.

Common opponents

1 shared · last 12 months

Nishikori K. and Evans D. faced 1 of the same opponent in the last 12 months. Nishikori K. went 0–1 (0%) against them, Evans D. 0–1 (0%).

0–10%Nishikori K. · better vs 0Record vs common opponents0–10%Evans D. · better vs 0

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

0–2Sets0–3

10–13Games5–18

0–1Tiebreaks0–0

Only 1 common opponent — too few for any conclusion. Shown without assessment.

vs Lopez F.L4-6 6-7Indian Wells Masters · hardL1-6 0-6 4-6Australian Open · hard

Head-to-head

2 meetings · level 1–1

Nishikori K.March 2016GBR vs JPNThis matchHard6-3 7-5 7-6
Evans D.August 2013US OpenHard6-4 6-4 6-2

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match

Nishikori K.Evans D.1 922ELO1 7641 810Hard ELO1 6944–6Last 103–726Age25178 cmHeight175 cmRightPlaysRight

Cite this

Kei Nishikori beat Daniel Evans 6-3 7-5 7-6. Umpiry, "Kei Nishikori vs Daniel Evans — GBR vs JPN Round Robin", https://umpiry.com/match/2016-03-04/evans-vs-nishikori-gbr-vs-jpn-rr?utm_source=cite (as of 4 March 2016).