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James Blake #5 def. Alex Kuznetsov #216

6-4 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date Jan 18, 2007*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner James Blake
Score6-4 6-1 6-2
Loser Alex Kuznetsov
Duration1h 22m
StatJames BlakeAlex Kuznetsov
Aces69
Double faults14
First serve %6159
First serve points won %7668
Second serve points won %6320
Break points saved %036
Break points converted %64100
Service points won %7149
Return points won %5129
Total points won %6139

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJames BlakeAlex Kuznetsov
Country USA USA
Birth dateDec 28, 1979Feb 5, 1987
Age2719
Height185183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)5216
Ranking points (entering)2,530184
Elo (entering)2,0351,529
Career W-L345–2359–30
Career earnings$7,981,882$924,466
Pre-match H2H
James Blake 0 0 Alex Kuznetsov

Path

James Blake's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2007R128 Carlos Moya 7-6(8) 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data

James Blake's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 2007R32 Robby Ginepri 7-6(7) 7-5 6-2WH2HMatch data

Alex Kuznetsov's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2007R128 Peter Luczak 6-4 5-7 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2007Q3 Julio Silva 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2007Q2 Tomas Zib 6-4 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data
Jan 15, 2007Q1 Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6(4) 7-5WH2HMatch data