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James Blake #23 def. Igor Andreev #26

6-2 3-6 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2006*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-2 3-6 7-6(3)
Loser	Igor Andreev
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	James Blake	Igor Andreev
Aces	9	7
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	56	66
First serve points won %	72	72
Second serve points won %	52	45
Break points saved %	57	56
Break points converted %	44	43
Service points won %	63	63
Return points won %	37	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Igor Andreev
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jul 14, 1983
Age	26	22
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	26
Ranking points (entering)	1,230	1,120
Elo (entering)	1,948	1,855
Career W-L	345–235	219–214
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$4,510,376

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 2 – 0 Igor Andreev

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Arnaud Clement	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Carlos Moya	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Igor Andreev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	SF	Andreas Seppi	6-2 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2006	QF	Dmitry Tursunov	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2006	R16	Peter Luczak	6-7(6) 7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2006	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data