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James Blake #28 def. Jose Acasuso #42

6-1 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-1 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jose Acasuso
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	James Blake	Jose Acasuso
Aces	8	4
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	59	54
First serve points won %	80	68
Second serve points won %	51	45
Break points saved %	80	38
Break points converted %	62	20
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Jose Acasuso
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Oct 20, 1982
Age	23	20
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	28	42
Ranking points (entering)	1,170	868
Elo (entering)	1,815	1,671
Career W-L	345–235	181–178
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$3,642,422

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Jose Acasuso

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Jiri Vanek	7-6(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Alberto Martin	6-3 4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Acasuso's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Gregory Carraz	5-7 4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data