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Mariano Zabaleta #156 def. James Blake #9

7-5 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Apr 14, 2007*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	7-5 7-6(7)
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	James Blake
Aces	3	2
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	65	70
First serve points won %	82	69
Second serve points won %	54	50
Break points saved %	80	80
Break points converted %	20	20
Service points won %	72	63
Return points won %	37	28
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	James Blake
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Dec 28, 1979
Age	29	27
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	156	9
Ranking points (entering)	270	2,150
Elo (entering)	1,648	1,931
Career W-L	199–206	345–235
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 1 – 2 James Blake

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	QF	Jurgen Melzer	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2007	R16	Mardy Fish	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2007	R32	Ryan Sweeting	6-0 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2007	Q3	Bruno Rosa	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2007	Q2	Lars Poerschke	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2007	F	Ivo Karlovic	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	QF	Juan Monaco	7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2007	R16	Alex Kuznetsov	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2007	R32	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data