SF Las Vegas 2006

James Blake #21 def. Ivo Karlovic #61

7-6(2) 6-1

James Blake defeated Ivo Karlovic 7-6(2) 6-1 in the 2006 Las Vegas semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 4, 2006*
Tournament: Las Vegas
Edition: 2006
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 12m

Match Statistics

Stat	James Blake	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	1	5
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	59.0%	54.0%
First serve points won %	88.0%	81.0%
Second serve points won %	73.0%	33.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	0.0%
Break points converted %	100.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	81.0%	59.0%
Return points won %	41.0%	19.0%
Total points won %	60.0%	40.0%
Match Serve+	+19.0	-3.2
Match Return+	+3.2	-19.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2006 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	James Blake	Ivo Karlovic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Feb 28, 1979
Age	26	27
Height	185 cm	211 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	61
Ranking points (entering)	1,405	610
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,741
Current career W-L	349–237	363–335
Current career earnings	$7,981,882	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

James Blake #21 0 – 0 Ivo Karlovic #61

Path

James Blake's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kenneth Carlsen #125	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 4, 2006	QF
Brian Vahaly #164	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 3, 2006	R16
Paradorn Srichaphan #59	7-6(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2006	R32

James Blake's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lleyton Hewitt #10	7-5 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 2006	F

Ivo Karlovic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tommy Robredo #18	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 4, 2006	QF
Jonas Bjorkman #65	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 3, 2006	R16
Davide Sanguinetti #47	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2006	R32