Taylor Dent def. James Blake, 2002 Newport Final

Match Information

Date: Jul 14, 2002*
Tournament: Newport
Edition: 2002
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: F
Duration: 1h 41m

Match Statistics

Stat	Taylor Dent	James Blake
Serving
Aces Serves that land in and are not touched by the returner.	4	2
Double faults Service points lost by missing both first and second serve.	6	1
First serve % Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.	61.9%	53.4%
First serve points won % Percentage of points won after making a first serve.	80.8%	68.1%
Second serve points won % Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.	40.6%	43.9%
Break points saved % Percentage of break points won by the server.	60.0%	55.6%
Service points won % Percentage of all points won while serving.	65.5%	56.8%
Returning
Break points converted % Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.	44.4%	40.0%
Return points won % Percentage of all points won while returning.	43.2%	34.5%
Overall
Total points won % Percentage of all completed points won.	54.1%	45.9%
Match Serve+ This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+3.2	-5.5
Match Return+ This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.	+5.5	-3.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2002 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Taylor Dent	James Blake
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Apr 24, 1981	Dec 28, 1979
Age	21	22
Height	188 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	96	32
Ranking points (entering)	386	1,015
Elo (entering)	1,662	1,777
Current career W-L	152–140	349–237
Current career earnings	$2,563,378	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Taylor Dent #96 0 – 1 James Blake #32

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Path

Taylor Dent's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Robby Ginepri #124	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 2002	SF
Alexander Popp #100	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 2002	QF
Jeff Morrison #85	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 2002	R16
Mario Ancic #142	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 2002	R32

Taylor Dent's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

James Blake's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Llodra #111	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 2002	SF
Justin Gimelstob #158	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 13, 2002	QF
Ota Fukarek #132	7-6(3) 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 2002	R16
Gabriel Trifu #161	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 2002	R32