HOW NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND KEI NISHIKORI MATCH UP AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARTER-FINAL ON WEDNESDAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING):
1-NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) leads 8-KEI NISHIKORI (JPN) 15-2
2018US Open, hard, semi-final, Djokovic 6-3 6-4 6-2
2018Wimbledon, grass, quarter-final, Djokovic 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-2
2018 Rome, clayquarter-final, Djokovic 2-6 6-1 6-3
2018 Madrid, clay, R2, Djokovic, 7-5- 6-4
2016ATP Finals, London, hard, semi-final, Djokovic 6-1 6-1
2016 Canada, hard, final, Djokovic, 6-3 7-5
2016 Rome, clay, semi-final, Djokovic, 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
2016 Madrid, clay, semi-final, Djokovic, 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
2016 Miami, hard, final, Djokovic 6-3 6-3
2016Australian Open, hard, quarter-final, Djokovic 6-3 6-2 6-4
2015ATP Finals, London, hard, round robin, Djokovic 6-1 6-1
2015 Rome, clay quarter-final, Djokovic 6-3 3-6 6-1
2014ATP Finals, London, hard, semi-final, Djokovic 6-1 3-6 6-0
2014 Parish, hard, semi-final, Djokovic 6-2 6-3
2014US Open, hard, semi-final, Nishikori 6-4 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
2011Basel, hard, semi-final, Nishikori, 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-0
2010 French Open, clay, R2, Djokovic 6-1 6-4 6-4
NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB)
Age: 31
Ranking: 1
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US125,847,879 ($A174.62 million)
Career titles: 72
Grand slam titles: 14 (Australian Open 2008, 2011-2013, 2015-16;
French Open 2016; Wimbledon 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018; US Open 2011,
2015, 2018)
Australian Open win-loss record: 65-8
Best Australian Open results: champion 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
KEI NISHIKORI (JPN)
Age: 29
Ranking: 9
Plays: right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $US21,765,766 ($A30.2 million)
Career titles: 12
Grand slam titles: 0
Australian Open win-loss record: 27-8
Best Australian Open results: quarter-finalist 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019