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Patrick Rafter #7 def. James Blake #120

7-6(7) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 11, 2001*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	7-6(7) 6-2
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	James Blake
Aces	4	7
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	82	73
Second serve points won %	58	35
Break points saved %	—	82
Break points converted %	18	—
Service points won %	73	58
Return points won %	42	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	James Blake
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Dec 28, 1979
Age	28	21
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	120
Ranking points (entering)	2,345	343
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,566
Career W-L	332–177	345–235
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Albert Portas	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 2001	QF	Greg Rusedski	5-7 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2001	R32	Arnaud Clement	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 2001	R64	Julien Boutter	7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data