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James Blake #16 def. Ivo Karlovic #25

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

Match Information

Date	May 13, 2009*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(4)
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	James Blake	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	4	26
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	65	67
First serve points won %	83	89
Second serve points won %	66	56
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	77	78
Return points won %	22	23
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Ivo Karlovic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Feb 28, 1979
Age	29	30
Height	185	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	25
Ranking points (entering)	2,370	1,770
Elo (entering)	1,876	1,775
Career W-L	345–235	357–333
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 1 – 5 Ivo Karlovic

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2009	R64	Victor Hanescu	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2009	R16	Roger Federer	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2009	R64	Julien Benneteau	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data