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Mariano Zabaleta #38 def. James Blake #26

3-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 2003*
Tournament	Scottsdale
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	3-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	James Blake
Aces	4	4
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	64	63
First serve points won %	66	69
Second serve points won %	34	32
Break points saved %	29	67
Break points converted %	33	71
Service points won %	55	55
Return points won %	45	45
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	James Blake
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Dec 28, 1979
Age	25	23
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	38	26
Ranking points (entering)	876	1,165
Elo (entering)	1,756	1,836
Career W-L	199–206	345–235
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 0 – 1 James Blake

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2003	R16	Rainer Schuettler	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 2003	R32	Robby Ginepri	7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2003	SF	Mark Philippoussis	3-6 6-7(8)	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2003	R16	Thomas Enqvist	7-6(5) 6-7(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 2003	R32	Jay Gooding	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data