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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #14 def. James Blake #11

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 1, 2008*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	James Blake
Aces	12	4
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	64	65
First serve points won %	89	70
Second serve points won %	69	35
Break points saved %	—	57
Break points converted %	43	—
Service points won %	82	58
Return points won %	42	18
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	James Blake
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Apr 17, 1985	Dec 28, 1979
Age	23	28
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	14	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,485	1,625
Elo (entering)	1,979	1,900
Career W-L	445–228	345–235
Career earnings	$22,524,073	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2008	QF	Andy Roddick	5-7 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2008	R16	Novak Djokovic	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2008	R32	Radek Stepanek	3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2008	F	David Nalbandian	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2008	QF	Roger Federer	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2008	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2008	R32	Simone Bolelli	6-7(10) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data