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James Blake #9 def. Juan Monaco #52

7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(0)

Match Information

Date Apr 14, 2007*
Tournament Houston
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner James Blake
Score7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(0)
Loser Juan Monaco
Duration2h 12m
StatJames BlakeJuan Monaco
Aces61
Double faults30
First serve %6272
First serve points won %6470
Second serve points won %6357
Break points saved %5083
Break points converted %1750
Service points won %6466
Return points won %3436
Total points won %4951

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJames BlakeJuan Monaco
Country USA ARG
Birth dateDec 28, 1979Mar 29, 1984
Age2723
Height185185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)952
Ranking points (entering)2,150675
Elo (entering)1,9241,722
Career W-L345–235319–256
Career earnings$7,981,882$8,091,242
Pre-match H2H
James Blake 1 0 Juan Monaco

Path

James Blake's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 13, 2007R16 Alex Kuznetsov 7-6(4) 6-1WH2HMatch data
Apr 12, 2007R32 Davide Sanguinetti 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data

James Blake's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 14, 2007SF Mariano Zabaleta 5-7 6-7(7)LH2HMatch data

Juan Monaco's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 13, 2007R16 Amer Delic 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Apr 12, 2007R32 Jan-Michael Gambill 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data