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Marat Safin #86 def. James Blake #39

7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 28, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3
Loser	James Blake
Duration	3h 8m

Stat	Marat Safin	James Blake
Aces	20	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	53	63
First serve points won %	78	70
Second serve points won %	49	50
Break points saved %	73	62
Break points converted %	38	27
Service points won %	65	63
Return points won %	37	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	James Blake
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Dec 28, 1979
Age	24	24
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	86	39
Ranking points (entering)	430	975
Elo (entering)	1,791	1,812
Career W-L	395–247	345–235
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2004	R32	Todd Martin	7-5 1-6 4-6 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Jarkko Nieminen	7-6(5) 6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Brian Vahaly	6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2004	QF	Andy Roddick	2-6 6-3 7-5 6-7(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2004	R32	Olivier Patience	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 7-6(4) 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Ivan Miranda	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data