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James Blake #101 def. Tomas Berdych #36

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 6, 2005*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Tomas Berdych
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	James Blake	Tomas Berdych
Aces	9	7
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	62	55
First serve points won %	94	72
Second serve points won %	55	48
Break points saved %	100	82
Break points converted %	18	0
Service points won %	79	62
Return points won %	38	21
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Tomas Berdych
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Sep 17, 1985
Age	25	19
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	101	36
Ranking points (entering)	405	941
Elo (entering)	1,730	1,780
Career W-L	345–235	594–321
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$29,491,328

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Tomas Berdych

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 2005	QF	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2005	R16	Tomas Zib	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2005	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2005	R64	Jean-Rene Lisnard	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 2005	F	Andy Roddick	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 2005	QF	Bobby Reynolds	7-6(5) 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2005	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2005	R32	Wayne Arthurs	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data