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Philipp Kohlschreiber #40 def. James Blake #7

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 14, 2008*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Philipp Kohlschreiber	James Blake
Aces	7	5
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	60	55
First serve points won %	68	69
Second serve points won %	70	45
Break points saved %	75	33
Break points converted %	67	25
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Philipp Kohlschreiber	James Blake
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Oct 16, 1983	Dec 28, 1979
Age	24	28
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	7
Ranking points (entering)	875	2,015
Elo (entering)	1,868	1,885
Career W-L	444–372	345–235
Career earnings	$13,758,395	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Philipp Kohlschreiber 1 – 0 James Blake

Path

Philipp Kohlschreiber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2008	QF	Robin Soderling	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2008	R16	Tommy Haas	7-5 5-7 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2008	R32	Julien Benneteau	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Philipp Kohlschreiber's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 2008	F	Roger Federer	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 2008	QF	Andreas Beck	7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2008	R16	Benjamin Becker	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2008	R32	Bjorn Phau	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data