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James Blake #15 def. Marin Cilic #57

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	James Blake	Marin Cilic
Aces	4	5
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	76	70
Second serve points won %	73	53
Break points saved %	100	40
Break points converted %	60	0
Service points won %	75	63
Return points won %	37	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Marin Cilic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Sep 28, 1988
Age	28	19
Height	185	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	57
Ranking points (entering)	1,610	615
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,813
Career W-L	345–235	572–344
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 1 – 0 Marin Cilic

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	4-6 2-6 6-0 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Michael Russell	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Nicolas Massu	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Roger Federer	5-7 6-7(5) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Fernando Gonzalez	6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Jurgen Melzer	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Nicolas Almagro	7-6(4) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data