SF U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship 2007

Mariano Zabaleta #156 def. James Blake #9

7-5 7-6(7)

Mariano Zabaleta defeated James Blake 7-5 7-6(7) in the 2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 14, 2007*
Tournament: U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
Edition: 2007
Category: International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 44m

Match Statistics

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	James Blake
Aces	3	2
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	65.0%	70.0%
First serve points won %	82.0%	69.0%
Second serve points won %	54.0%	50.0%
Break points saved %	80.0%	80.0%
Break points converted %	20.0%	20.0%
Service points won %	72.0%	63.0%
Return points won %	37.0%	28.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	James Blake
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Dec 28, 1979
Age	29	27
Height	183 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	156	9
Ranking points (entering)	270	2,150
Elo (entering)	1,648	1,927
Current career W-L	201–208	349–237
Current career earnings	$3,204,127	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta #156 1 – 2 James Blake #9

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jurgen Melzer #28	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 14, 2007	QF
Mardy Fish #24	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 13, 2007	R16
Ryan Sweeting #297	6-0 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 2007	R32
Bruno Rosa #884	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 2007	Q3
Lars Poerschke #805	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 2007	Q2

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivo Karlovic #108	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 15, 2007	F

James Blake's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Monaco #52	7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 14, 2007	QF
Alex Kuznetsov #165	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 13, 2007	R16
Davide Sanguinetti #107	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 2007	R32