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Rainer Schuettler #36 def. James Blake #28

6-3 6-4 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rainer Schuettler
Score	6-3 6-4 1-6 6-3
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Rainer Schuettler	James Blake
Aces	1	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	76	64
Second serve points won %	47	45
Break points saved %	17	25
Break points converted %	75	83
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rainer Schuettler	James Blake
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	—	Dec 28, 1979
Age	—	23
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	36	28
Ranking points (entering)	945	1,170
Elo (entering)	1,829	1,846
Career W-L	313–323	345–235
Career earnings	$7,407,508	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Rainer Schuettler 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Marat Safin	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Richard Krajicek	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Albert Portas	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2003	QF	David Nalbandian	6-3 5-7 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

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
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Jose Acasuso	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Jiri Vanek	7-6(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data