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James Blake #8 def. Oscar Hernandez #73

6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 2008*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Oscar Hernandez
Duration	1h 35m

Stat	James Blake	Oscar Hernandez
Aces	4	3
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	44	67
First serve points won %	80	67
Second serve points won %	61	54
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	69	62
Return points won %	38	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Oscar Hernandez
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Apr 10, 1978
Age	28	30
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	73
Ranking points (entering)	1,900	517
Elo (entering)	1,973	1,601
Career W-L	345–235	65–125
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$1,943,910

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 1 – 0 Oscar Hernandez

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	QF	Agustin Calleri	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2008	R16	Ryan Harrison	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2008	R32	Kei Nishikori	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2008	F	Marcel Granollers	4-6 6-1 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Oscar Hernandez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2008	QF	Mardy Fish	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2008	R16	Donald Young	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2008	R32	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data