Kei Nishikori is a Japanese professional tennis player. He is the only male Japanese tennis player ever to be ranked inside the top 5 in singles, and first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015.

He has won 12 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 became the first man from Asia to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals and reached the semifinals in 2014 and 2016. He has now won 12 ATP World Tour titles. In addition, Nishikori defeated Rafael Nadal to win the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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