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James Blake #21 def. Ivo Karlovic #61

7-6(2) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 4, 2006*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	7-6(2) 6-1
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	James Blake	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	1	5
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	59	54
First serve points won %	88	81
Second serve points won %	73	33
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	81	59
Return points won %	41	19
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Ivo Karlovic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Feb 28, 1979
Age	26	27
Height	185	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	61
Ranking points (entering)	1,405	610
Elo (entering)	1,903	1,739
Career W-L	345–235	357–333
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 1 Ivo Karlovic

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	QF	Kenneth Carlsen	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2006	R16	Brian Vahaly	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2006	R32	Paradorn Srichaphan	7-6(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 2006	F	Lleyton Hewitt	7-5 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	QF	Tommy Robredo	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2006	R16	Jonas Bjorkman	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2006	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data