Kei Nishikori

(錦織圭, Nishikori Kei)

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Born
1989 (36 years old)
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Matsue, Shimane, Japan

Position
Tennis Player

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Asian

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1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

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					Citi Open Jodar vs Nishikori	30 Jul 26
					Citi Open Shang vs Nishikori	27 Jul 26
					Geneva Open Nishikori vs Tien	19 May 25
					Mutua Madrid Open Shapovalov vs Nishikori	26 Apr 25
					Mutua Madrid Open Nishikori vs Vukic	24 Apr 25
					U.S. Mens Clay Court Championships Nishikori vs Krueger	02 Apr 25
					BNP Paribas Open Humbert vs Nishikori	07 Mar 25
					BNP Paribas Open Munar vs Nishikori	05 Mar 25
					Delray Beach Open Nishikori vs McDonald	11 Feb 25
					Dallas Open Machac vs Nishikori	05 Feb 25
					Australian Open Paul vs Nishikori	15 Jan 25
					Australian Open Nishikori vs Monteiro	12 Jan 25
					Hong Kong Tennis Open Muller vs Nishikori	05 Jan 25
					Hong Kong Tennis Open Norrie vs Nishikori	03 Jan 25
					Hong Kong Tennis Open Khachanov vs Nishikori	01 Jan 25
					Hong Kong Tennis Open Shapovalov vs Nishikori	31 Dec 24
					Mens Singles Draper vs Nishikori	28 Jul 24
					Mens Doubles Daniel / Nishikori vs Evans / Murray	28 Jul 24

Description

Kei Nishikori (錦織圭, Nishikori Kei; ; born 29 December 1989) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, making him the highest-ranked Japanese man in the Open Era and the second-highest-ranked of all time (after Jiro Sato). Nishikori won twelve singles titles on the ATP Tour and was runner-up at the 2014 US Open (upsetting world No. 1 Novak Djokovic en route), making him the only man representing an Asian country to contest a major singles final.

In addition, Nishikori defeated Rafael Nadal to win the bronze medal in singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, bringing Japan its first Olympic tennis medal in 96 years. He holds the third best percentage of deciding-set wins in the Open Era at 72.4%, and has the third-highest win percentage in matches extending to five sets, with a record of 29–8 and a win percentage of 78.4%.