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James Blake #8 def. Nicolas Almagro #41

6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Almagro
Duration	2h 38m

Stat	James Blake	Nicolas Almagro
Aces	6	7
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	57	59
First serve points won %	80	69
Second serve points won %	61	44
Break points saved %	0	55
Break points converted %	45	100
Service points won %	72	59
Return points won %	41	28
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Nicolas Almagro
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Aug 21, 1985
Age	26	20
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	41
Ranking points (entering)	1,925	834
Elo (entering)	1,954	1,807
Career W-L	345–235	385–272
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$10,752,234

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-0 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Gael Monfils	2-6 7-6(2) 6-7(1) 7-5 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Wayne Arthurs	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data