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James Blake #22 def. Jean-Christophe Faurel #203

2-6 6-1 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 20, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	James Blake
Score	2-6 6-1 6-4 6-3
Loser	Jean-Christophe Faurel
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	James Blake	Jean-Christophe Faurel
Aces	5	9
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	55	61
First serve points won %	77	64
Second serve points won %	48	38
Break points saved %	50	53
Break points converted %	47	50
Service points won %	64	53
Return points won %	47	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Jean-Christophe Faurel
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Mar 6, 1981
Age	26	24
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	203
Ranking points (entering)	1,390	183
Elo (entering)	1,969	1,518
Career W-L	345–235	2–7
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$289,530

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Jean-Christophe Faurel

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Jose Acasuso	6-2 6-3 4-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Tommy Robredo	3-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jean-Christophe Faurel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Alexander Waske	7-6(5) 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2006	Q3	Robert Smeets	6-0 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2006	Q2	Rohan Bopanna	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2006	Q1	Ramon Delgado	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data