Preview: Del Potro vs Nishikori
JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO KEI NISHIKORI
Team Americas TEAM Team World
28 AGE 27
ARGENTINA COUNTRY JAPAN
Tandil, Argentina BORN Shimane, Japan
Tandil, Argentina RESIDES Bradenton, FL
2005 TURNED PRO 2007
4 HIGHEST CAREER RANKING 4
32 CURRENT RANKING# 5
3-1 2017 W-L RECORD 9-3
349-141 CAREER W-L RECORD 310-145
19 CAREER TITLES 11
27 CAREER FINALS 11
1 TITLES AT MAJORS* ---
1 FINALS AT MAJORS* 1
$25,845 2017 PRIZE MONEY# $257,361
$16,318,547 CAREER PRIZE MONEY# $16,391,665
* Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
# as at 27 February, 2017
HEAD TO HEAD
OVERALL: 4-1 JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO
2016
Basel, Switzerland
Indoor Hard
QF
Kei Nishikori
75 64
2012
London Olympics, Great Britain
Outdoor Hard
QF
Juan Martin del Potro
64 76
Wimbledon, Great Britain
Outdoor Grass
R32
Juan Martin del Potro
63 76 61
2009
San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Indoor Hard
R16
Juan Martin del Potro
62 62
2008
US Open , NY, U.S.A.
Outdoor Hard
R16
Juan Martin del Potro
63 64 63
MISCELLANEOUS
DEL POTRO: Helped guide Argentina to its first-ever win in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas in 2016; won bronze medal at 2012 London Olympics and silver at 2016 Rio Olympics; second man from South America to win the US Open in the Open Era
NISHIKORI: First male player from Asia to reach the final of a major (US Open 2014); won bronze medal at 2016 Rio Olympics; has career wins over Murray, Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer; has his own app keisapp.com; one of the most revered athletes ever in Japan
