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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #7 def. James Blake #10

6-4 6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	6-4 6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	James Blake
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	James Blake
Aces	12	4
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	63	54
First serve points won %	83	66
Second serve points won %	47	60
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	70	63
Return points won %	37	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	James Blake
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Apr 17, 1985	Dec 28, 1979
Age	23	29
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	10
Ranking points (entering)	3,995	3,550
Elo (entering)	1,999	1,928
Career W-L	445–228	345–235
Career earnings	$22,524,073	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1 – 0 James Blake

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Dudi Sela	6-4 6-2 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Ivan Ljubicic	6-7(4) 7-6(8) 7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Juan Monaco	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Fernando Verdasco	6-7(2) 6-3 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Igor Andreev	6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Sebastien De Chaunac	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Frank Dancevic	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data