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James Blake #64 def. Taylor Dent #105

2-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 22, 2002*
Tournament	Memphis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	James Blake
Score	2-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Taylor Dent
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	James Blake	Taylor Dent
Aces	9	5
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	58	47
First serve points won %	60	69
Second serve points won %	49	50
Break points saved %	50	29
Break points converted %	71	50
Service points won %	55	59
Return points won %	41	45
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Taylor Dent
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Apr 24, 1981
Age	22	20
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	64	105
Ranking points (entering)	579	386
Elo (entering)	1,673	1,667
Career W-L	345–235	148–138
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$2,563,378

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Taylor Dent

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2002	R32	Michael Chang	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2002	QF	Tommy Haas	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Taylor Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2002	R32	Robby Ginepri	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data