Kei Nishikori
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| Full name | Kei Nishikori | |||||||||
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| Native name | 錦織 圭 | |||||||||
| Country (sports) |
 Japan
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| Residence | Bradenton, Florida, United States | |||||||||
| Born |
29 December 1989 Matsue, Shimane, Japan |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||
| Turned pro | 2007 | |||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||
| Coach(es) | Dante Bottini (2010–) Michael Chang (2014–) |
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| Prize money | $16,402,485 | |||||||||
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| Career record | 310–146 (67.98% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||
| Career titles | 11 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (2 March 2015) | |||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 5 (30 January 2017) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | QF (2012, 2015, 2016) | |||||||||
| French Open | QF (2015) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 4R (2014, 2016) | |||||||||
| US Open | F (2014) | |||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||
| Tour Finals | SF (2014, 2016) | |||||||||
| Olympic Games | Bronze (2016) | |||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||
| Career record | 24–25 | |||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 167 (19 March 2012) | |||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 852 (30 January 2017) | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2011) | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2011) | |||||||||
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| Davis Cup | QF (2014) | |||||||||
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| Last updated on: 30 January 2017. | ||||||||||
Kei Nishikori (錦織 圭 Nishikori Kei?, [niɕi̥ꜜkoɽi keː]; born 29 December 1989) is a Japanese professional tennis player, currently ranked world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is the only male Japanese tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 10 in singles.
He has won 11 singles titles and was runner-up at the 2014 US Open, making him the first male player representing an Asian country to reach a Grand Slam singles final. He also reached the semi-finals at the US Open in 2016. He also became the first man from Asia to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals and reached the semi-finals in 2014 and 2016. He first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015.
Nishikori was born in Matsue in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. His father, Kiyoshi, is an engineer, and his mother, Eri, is a piano teacher. He has an older sister, Reina, who graduated from college and works in Tokyo. He began playing tennis at the age of five. He first won the All Japan Tennis Championships for Kids in 2001, and graduated from Aomori-Yamada High School. Nishikori moved to Florida to join the IMG Academy in 2004 at 14 years of age. His pastimes include football, golf, reading, and listening to music.
In December 2010 it was announced that Nishikori would be coached by Brad Gilbert for the 2011 season and by Dante Bottini from the IMG Academy. Gilbert also has coached Andy Murray and former world No. 1s Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick. Nishikori has been coached by former world No. 2 Michael Chang since January 2014.
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