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James Blake #22 def. Jose Acasuso #45

6-2 6-3 4-6 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-2 6-3 4-6 7-6(4)
Loser	Jose Acasuso
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	James Blake	Jose Acasuso
Aces	11	11
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	70	64
Second serve points won %	53	53
Break points saved %	69	65
Break points converted %	35	31
Service points won %	62	59
Return points won %	41	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Jose Acasuso
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Oct 20, 1982
Age	26	23
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	45
Ranking points (entering)	1,390	768
Elo (entering)	1,960	1,700
Career W-L	345–235	181–178
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$3,642,422

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 1 – 0 Jose Acasuso

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