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James Blake #67 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #50

7-6(4) 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 27, 2005*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	James Blake
Score	7-6(4) 4-6 6-3
Loser	Juan Ignacio Chela
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	James Blake	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	12	7
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	65	63
First serve points won %	76	71
Second serve points won %	59	67
Break points saved %	71	50
Break points converted %	50	29
Service points won %	70	70
Return points won %	30	30
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Aug 30, 1979
Age	25	25
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	67	50
Ranking points (entering)	545	725
Elo (entering)	1,785	1,815
Career W-L	345–235	306–268
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 1 – 0 Juan Ignacio Chela

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2005	R16	Tommy Haas	1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2005	R32	Filippo Volandri	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2005	R64	Michael Llodra	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2005	SF	Victor Hanescu	7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2005	R16	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2005	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2005	R64	Marcos Baghdatis	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data