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Roger Federer #1 def. James Blake #7

7-6(7) 6-0 6-7(9) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(7) 6-0 6-7(9) 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Roger Federer	James Blake
Aces	9	8
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	61	59
First serve points won %	79	59
Second serve points won %	45	49
Break points saved %	62	59
Break points converted %	41	38
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	James Blake
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Dec 28, 1979
Age	25	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	7,295	2,085
Elo (entering)	2,343	1,944
Career W-L	1,206–267	345–235
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 4 – 0 James Blake

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2006	R16	Marc Gicquel	6-3 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Vincent Spadea	6-3 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Tim Henman	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Jimmy Wang	6-4 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2006	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2006	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Carlos Moya	6-4 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-3 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Juan Monaco	6-3 7-5 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data