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Jiri Novak #15 def. James Blake #40

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

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2002*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	3-6 7-6(7) 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	2h

Stat	Jiri Novak	James Blake
Aces	3	2
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	70	71
First serve points won %	66	69
Second serve points won %	63	45
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	65	62
Return points won %	38	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	James Blake
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Dec 28, 1979
Age	27	22
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	15	40
Ranking points (entering)	1,691	872
Elo (entering)	1,854	1,797
Career W-L	318–250	345–235
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2002	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2002	R32	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2002	R64	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2002	SF	Andre Agassi	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2002	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2002	R32	Andrea Gaudenzi	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2002	R64	Younes El Aynaoui	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data