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James Blake #39 def. Olivier Patience #171

6-1 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-1 6-3 6-2
Loser	Olivier Patience
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	James Blake	Olivier Patience
Aces	7	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	80	55
Second serve points won %	58	28
Break points saved %	0	46
Break points converted %	54	100
Service points won %	72	45
Return points won %	55	28
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Olivier Patience
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Mar 25, 1980
Age	24	23
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	39	171
Ranking points (entering)	975	215
Elo (entering)	1,802	1,561
Career W-L	345–235	26–53
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$1,030,897

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Olivier Patience

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 7-6(4) 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Ivan Miranda	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2004	R16	Marat Safin	6-7(3) 3-6 7-6(6) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Olivier Patience's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Nikolay Davydenko	7-6(2) 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Igor Andreev	4-6 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2004	Q3	Ivan Miranda	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2004	Q2	Franco Ferreiro	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2004	Q1	Maximilian Abel	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data