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James Blake #21 def. Kenneth Carlsen #125

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 4, 2006*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Kenneth Carlsen
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	James Blake	Kenneth Carlsen
Aces	4	5
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	69	63
First serve points won %	88	63
Second serve points won %	39	64
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	73	63
Return points won %	37	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Kenneth Carlsen
Country	USA	DEN
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Apr 17, 1973
Age	26	32
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	125
Ranking points (entering)	1,405	340
Elo (entering)	1,897	1,654
Career W-L	345–235	239–273
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$2,990,980

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 2 – 1 Kenneth Carlsen

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2006	R16	Brian Vahaly	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2006	R32	Paradorn Srichaphan	7-6(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2006	SF	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 2006	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2006	R32	Tomas Zib	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data