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James Blake #23 def. Olivier Rochus #90

6-4 3-6 7-6(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6(6) 6-3
Loser	Olivier Rochus
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	James Blake	Olivier Rochus
Aces	21	5
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	47	70
First serve points won %	80	64
Second serve points won %	55	53
Break points saved %	56	71
Break points converted %	29	44
Service points won %	67	61
Return points won %	39	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Olivier Rochus
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jan 18, 1981
Age	29	28
Height	185	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	90
Ranking points (entering)	1,520	678
Elo (entering)	1,854	1,700
Career W-L	345–235	220–256
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$4,905,754

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 3 – 0 Olivier Rochus

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-1 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Tommy Robredo	6-7(2) 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Olivier Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Igor Kunitsyn	6-3 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data