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James Blake #14 def. Rafael Nadal #2

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 12, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	James Blake	Rafael Nadal
Aces	3	2
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	61	66
First serve points won %	71	68
Second serve points won %	62	38
Break points saved %	83	57
Break points converted %	43	17
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Rafael Nadal
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jun 3, 1986
Age	26	19
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,565	4,665
Elo (entering)	1,973	2,182
Career W-L	345–235	1,045–225
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 1 – 0 Rafael Nadal

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2006	QF	Igor Andreev	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	R16	Tommy Haas	6-3 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Tommy Robredo	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Sam Querrey	1-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2006	F	Roger Federer	5-7 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2006	QF	Marcos Baghdatis	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2006	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Mardy Fish	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2006	R64	Jan Hernych	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data