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James Blake #6 def. Xavier Malisse #42

6-3 2-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 17, 2006
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-3 2-6 6-1
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	James Blake	Xavier Malisse
Aces	9	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	51	50
First serve points won %	71	71
Second serve points won %	48	42
Break points saved %	73	29
Break points converted %	71	27
Service points won %	60	56
Return points won %	44	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Xavier Malisse
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jul 19, 1980
Age	26	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	42
Ranking points (entering)	2,155	826
Elo (entering)	1,938	1,761
Career W-L	345–235	282–265
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 2 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	QF	Nicolas Mahut	7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	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	F	Andy Roddick	4-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	R16	Dmitry Tursunov	7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2006	R32	Hyung-Taik Lee	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data