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James Blake #9 def. Ivan Ljubicic #3

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 1, 2006*
Tournament	Bangkok
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	59m

Stat	James Blake	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	64	42
First serve points won %	70	68
Second serve points won %	65	27
Break points saved %	50	17
Break points converted %	83	50
Service points won %	68	44
Return points won %	56	32
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Mar 19, 1979
Age	26	27
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,085	3,245
Elo (entering)	1,965	1,906
Career W-L	345–235	400–282
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 3 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2006	SF	Marat Safin	3-6 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2006	QF	Jarkko Nieminen	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2006	R16	Benjamin Balleret	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2006	R32	Marin Cilic	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2006	SF	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2006	QF	Robby Ginepri	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2006	R16	Benjamin Becker	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2006	R32	Fernando Vicente	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data