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Andrei Pavel #41 def. James Blake #40

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 2004*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Andrei Pavel
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Andrei Pavel	James Blake
Aces	6	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	66	62
First serve points won %	77	60
Second serve points won %	50	52
Break points saved %	67	73
Break points converted %	27	33
Service points won %	68	57
Return points won %	43	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andrei Pavel	James Blake
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1974	Dec 28, 1979
Age	30	24
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	41	40
Ranking points (entering)	884	895
Elo (entering)	1,877	1,785
Career W-L	249–248	345–235
Career earnings	$5,225,028	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Andrei Pavel 0 – 1 James Blake

Path

Andrei Pavel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2004	R16	Jose Acasuso	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2004	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Pavel's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2004	SF	Tommy Haas	4-6 7-6(4) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2004	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2004	R32	Wayne Odesnik	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data