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James Blake #8 def. Robin Soderling #36

7-5 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 2006*
Tournament	Stockholm
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	7-5 7-6(4)
Loser	Robin Soderling
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	James Blake	Robin Soderling
Aces	5	8
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	72	54
First serve points won %	78	79
Second serve points won %	70	49
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	76	65
Return points won %	35	24
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Robin Soderling
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Aug 14, 1984
Age	26	22
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	36
Ranking points (entering)	2,240	893
Elo (entering)	1,995	1,817
Career W-L	345–235	285–166
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$10,423,124

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Robin Soderling

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-7(3) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2006	R16	Simon Greul	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2006	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2006	F	Jarkko Nieminen	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2006	R16	Jonas Bjorkman	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2006	R32	Christophe Rochus	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data