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James Blake #21 def. Lleyton Hewitt #10

7-5 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 5, 2006*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	James Blake
Score	7-5 2-6 6-3
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	James Blake	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	5	3
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	49	59
First serve points won %	68	57
Second serve points won %	47	49
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	57	54
Return points won %	46	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Feb 24, 1981
Age	26	25
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,405	1,785
Elo (entering)	1,912	2,009
Career W-L	345–235	564–241
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 6 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	SF	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	QF	Kenneth Carlsen	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2006	R16	Brian Vahaly	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2006	R32	Paradorn Srichaphan	7-6(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	SF	Paul Goldstein	3-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2006	R16	Jan Hernych	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2006	R32	Florian Mayer	5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data