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James Blake #9 def. Steve Darcis #62

4-6 6-3 1-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Aug 28, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	James Blake
Score	4-6 6-3 1-0 (ret.)
Loser	Steve Darcis
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	James Blake	Steve Darcis
Aces	8	2
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	57	56
First serve points won %	74	63
Second serve points won %	43	44
Break points saved %	78	81
Break points converted %	19	22
Service points won %	61	55
Return points won %	45	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Steve Darcis
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Mar 13, 1984
Age	28	24
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	62
Ranking points (entering)	1,725	675
Elo (entering)	1,855	1,745
Career W-L	345–235	92–122
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$3,445,948

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Steve Darcis

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Donald Young	6-1 3-6 6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Mardy Fish	3-6 3-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Steve Darcis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Denis Gremelmayr	6-1 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data