TENNIS PLAYER

Kei Nishikori

1989 - Today

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Kei Nishikori (錦織 圭, Nishikori Kei; [ɲiɕi̥koꜜɾi keꜜː]; born 29 December 1989) is a Japanese professional tennis player. He is the only Japanese man in the Open Era to have been ranked in the top five in singles, reaching his career-high ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015, and the second man in history to do so after Jiro Sato. Nishikori has won twelve titles on the ATP Tour and was runner-up at the 2014 US Open, making him the only man representing an Asian country to contest a major singles final. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kei Nishikori is the 258th most popular tennis player (up from 268th in 2019), the 1,375th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,378th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Kei Nishikori ranks 258 out of 1,569Before him are Darlene Hard, Charles P. Dixon, Tomáš Berdych, Jelena Janković, Harry Hopman, and Marion Jones Farquhar. After him are Daniela Hantuchová, Art Larsen, Françoise Dürr, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Victoria Azarenka, and Wilmer Allison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Kei Nishikori ranks 54Before him are Brie Larson, Jung So-min, Harry Melling, Lukáš Hrádecký, Gabriel Attal, and Jasper Cillessen. After him are Enner Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Victoria Azarenka, Nathalie Emmanuel, Domagoj Vida, and Lily James.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kei Nishikori ranks 1,375 out of 6,245Before him are Masaru Hirayama (1972), Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Masahiro Hasemi (1945), Kei Kumai (1930), and Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970). After him are Masanori Yusa (1915), Maho Shimizu (1960), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Katsuyoshi Shinto (1960), Shinobu Sekine (1943), and Tomoji Abe (1903).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Japan

Among tennis players born in Japan, Kei Nishikori ranks 3Before him are Naomi Osaka (1997), and Seiichiro Kashio (1892). After him are Ichiya Kumagae (1890), Jiro Sato (1908), Kimiko Date (1970), Ai Sugiyama (1975), Kazuko Sawamatsu (1951), Shinobu Asagoe (1976), Akiko Morigami (1980), Yoshihito Nishioka (1995), and Shuko Aoyama (1987).