Roger Federer vs Kei Nishikori, Australian Open 2017, Round of 16

Grand Slam · Round of 16 · Hard · Sun 22 Jan

Final

Roger Federer

WinnerRank #971.7456%

Federer won in 5 sets · 3h 23m

3–2

Set 16–7⁴

Set 26–4

Set 36–1

Set 44–6

Set 56–3

Kei Nishikori

LostRank #4362.2544%

Venue

Melbourne Park

Melbourne, AUS· Hard

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Average

1.8vs last year

Wind

15 km/h

Gentle

Humidity

69%

Moderate

Temperature

28°C

Warm

Altitude

23 m

Sea level

Historical daily weather

Set statistics

Final statistics

Service

24Aces5

6Double faults5

116/14679%1st serve %79%129/164

24/3080%2nd serve %86%30/35

93/11680%1st serve points won65%84/129

9/3030%2nd serve points won37%13/35

6/967%Break points saved61%11/18

24Service games played24

Return

45/12935%1st serve return points20%23/116

22/3563%2nd serve return points70%21/30

7/1839%Break points converted33%3/9

24Return games played24

Points

102Service points won97

67Receiver points won44

11Max points in a row7

Games

7Max games in a row4

0Tiebreaks1

Federer6

Nishikori3

150300400

Federer5

Nishikori3

01503015301540

Federer5

Nishikori2

015151530154015

Federer4

Nishikori2

0151515301530303040404040A

Federer4

Nishikori1

15030030154015

Federer3

Nishikori1

1503003015303040304040A40404040A

Federer3

Nishikori0

15030030154015

Federer2

Nishikori0

0151515301540154030

Federer1

Nishikori0

15015151530303040304040A40

Head to head

8Federer

3Nishikori

11 meetings

Hard 6–2Grass 2–0Clay 0–1

Australian OpenRound of 16 · 22 Jan 2017HardThis match
Roger Federer
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6⁴Set 2: 6Set 3: 6Set 4: 4Set 5: 6
Kei Nishikori
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 4Set 3: 1Set 4: 6Set 5: 3
WimbledonQuarterfinal · 10 Jul 2019Grass
Roger Federer
Sets won: 3Set 1: 4Set 2: 6Set 3: 6Set 4: 6
Kei Nishikori
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 1Set 3: 4Set 4: 4
ATP FinalsRound robin · 11 Nov 2018Hard
Kei Nishikori
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6
Roger Federer
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁴Set 2: 3
Paris MastersQuarterfinal · 2 Nov 2018Hard
Roger Federer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Kei Nishikori
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 4
Shanghai MastersQuarterfinal · 12 Oct 2018Hard
Roger Federer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁷
Kei Nishikori
Sets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 6⁴
ATP FinalsRound robin · 19 Nov 2015Hard
Roger Federer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 4Set 3: 6
Kei Nishikori
Sets won: 1Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 4

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Roger Federer vs Kei Nishikori, Australian Open 2017, Round of 16

Final score

Venue and conditions

Set statistics

Service

Return

Points

Games

Point by point

Head to head

Match research