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James Blake #40 def. Fernando Gonzalez #55

4-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 11, 2002*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	James Blake
Score	4-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Fernando Gonzalez
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	James Blake	Fernando Gonzalez
Aces	1	5
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	63	60
First serve points won %	75	77
Second serve points won %	58	44
Break points saved %	83	62
Break points converted %	38	17
Service points won %	69	64
Return points won %	36	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Fernando Gonzalez
Country	USA	CHI
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jul 29, 1980
Age	22	21
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	55
Ranking points (entering)	872	729
Elo (entering)	1,782	1,749
Career W-L	345–235	330–192
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$8,862,276

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Fernando Gonzalez

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2002	R32	Andrea Gaudenzi	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2002	R64	Younes El Aynaoui	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2002	QF	Jiri Novak	6-3 6-7(7) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2002	R32	Stefano Galvani	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2002	R64	Tim Henman	3-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data