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Taylor Dent #96 def. James Blake #32

6-1 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 2002*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Taylor Dent
Score	6-1 4-6 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Taylor Dent	James Blake
Aces	4	2
Double faults	6	1
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	81	68
Second serve points won %	41	44
Break points saved %	60	56
Break points converted %	44	40
Service points won %	65	57
Return points won %	43	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Taylor Dent	James Blake
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Apr 24, 1981	Dec 28, 1979
Age	21	22
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	96	32
Ranking points (entering)	386	1,015
Elo (entering)	1,664	1,777
Career W-L	148–138	345–235
Career earnings	$2,563,378	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Taylor Dent 0 – 1 James Blake

Path

Taylor Dent's path

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

Taylor Dent's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

James Blake's path

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