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James Blake #7 def. Bjorn Phau #148

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 12, 2008*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Bjorn Phau
Duration	50m

Stat	James Blake	Bjorn Phau
Aces	8	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	61	38
First serve points won %	84	56
Second serve points won %	75	52
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	80	53
Return points won %	47	20
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Bjorn Phau
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Oct 4, 1979
Age	28	28
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	148
Ranking points (entering)	2,015	315
Elo (entering)	1,870	1,589
Career W-L	345–235	80–138
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$2,189,473

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Bjorn Phau

Path

James Blake's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 2008	R16	Benjamin Becker	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Phau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 2008	Q3	Daniel Brands	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2008	Q2	Uros Vico	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2008	Q1	Alexandre Renard	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data