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Stan Wawrinka #24 def. James Blake #8

6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 10, 2008*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Stan Wawrinka
Score	6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-1
Loser	James Blake
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Stan Wawrinka	James Blake
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	67	56
First serve points won %	73	62
Second serve points won %	61	57
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	69	60
Return points won %	40	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Wawrinka	James Blake
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Mar 28, 1985	Dec 28, 1979
Age	23	28
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,200	1,965
Elo (entering)	1,916	1,942
Career W-L	564–371	345–235
Career earnings	$38,463,397	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Stan Wawrinka 1 – 0 James Blake

Path

Stan Wawrinka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2008	R32	Andy Murray	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2008	R64	Marat Safin	6-7(5) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Wawrinka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2008	SF	Andy Roddick	3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2008	R16	Fernando Verdasco	5-7 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2008	R32	Andreas Seppi	7-6(5) 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data