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James Blake #6 def. Nicolas Mahut #70

7-6(2) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jul 17, 2006
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	James Blake
Score	7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Loser	Nicolas Mahut
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	James Blake	Nicolas Mahut
Aces	8	6
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	58	56
First serve points won %	86	76
Second serve points won %	61	53
Break points saved %	50	75
Break points converted %	25	50
Service points won %	76	66
Return points won %	34	24
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Nicolas Mahut
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jan 21, 1982
Age	26	24
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	70
Ranking points (entering)	2,155	569
Elo (entering)	1,933	1,643
Career W-L	345–235	179–224
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$12,886,495

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Nicolas Mahut

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	R16	Wesley Whitehouse	6-7(5) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	R32	Danai Udomchoke	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	SF	Xavier Malisse	6-3 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Mahut's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	R32	Thiago Alves	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data