Kei Nishikori

Category
SPORTS

Language
JAPANESE

Kei Nishikori , and the only one to do so in the Open Era. Nishikori first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015. Nishikori has won 6 ATP Tour 500 titles, 6 ATP Tour 250 titles and was runner-up at the 2014 US Open,[4] making him the first man representing an Asian country to reach a major singles final.[i] He also became the first man from Asia to qualify for the ATP Finals, and reached the semifinals in 2014 and 2016.[5] In addition, Nishikori defeated Rafael Nadal to win the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, bringing Japan its first Olympic tennis medal in 96 years.[6] He holds the record for the highest win percentage in matches extending to five sets, with a record of 27–7 and a win percentage of 79.4%.[7]

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