Kei Nishikori

Kei Nishikori is a Japanese former professional tennis player, born on 29 December 1989 in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. He reached a career-high ranking of world number four in men's singles, the highest of any Japanese man in the Open Era and the second highest of all time after Jiro Sato, and won twelve singles titles on the ATP Tour. He was runner-up at the 2014 US Open after upsetting world number one Novak Djokovic, which made him the only man representing an Asian country to contest a major singles final. At the 2016 Rio Olympics he beat Rafael Nadal for the bronze medal in singles, Japan's first Olympic tennis medal in 96 years. He began playing at five, moved to the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida at fourteen, and has the third best percentage of deciding-set wins in the Open Era.