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James Blake #67 def. Victor Hanescu #47

7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 27, 2005*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-1
Loser	Victor Hanescu
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	James Blake	Victor Hanescu
Aces	5	6
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	59	69
First serve points won %	76	69
Second serve points won %	59	56
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	69	65
Return points won %	35	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Victor Hanescu
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jul 21, 1981
Age	25	24
Height	185	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	67	47
Ranking points (entering)	545	752
Elo (entering)	1,803	1,792
Career W-L	345–235	186–226
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$4,330,340

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 1 – 0 Victor Hanescu

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2005	QF	Juan Ignacio Chela	7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	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 28, 2005	F	Feliciano Lopez	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Victor Hanescu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2005	QF	Tommy Robredo	6-7(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2005	R16	Nicolas Massu	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2005	R32	Ivo Minar	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2005	R64	Luis Horna	6-7(4) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data