Victor Crivoi #112 def. James Blake #16

7-5 6-3

Victor Crivoi defeated James Blake 7-5 6-3 in the 2009 Italian Open first round on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 29, 2009*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2009
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R64
Duration: 1h 13m

Match Statistics

Stat	Victor Crivoi	James Blake
Aces	4	7
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	62	48
First serve points won %	70	66
Second serve points won %	50	35
Break points saved %	25	50
Break points converted %	50	75
Service points won %	62	50
Return points won %	50	38
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Victor Crivoi	James Blake
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	May 25, 1982	Dec 28, 1979
Age	26	29
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	112	16
Ranking points (entering)	746	2,550
Elo (entering)	1,545	1,860
Current career W-L	12–29	349–237
Current career earnings	$628,202	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Victor Crivoi #112 0 – 0 James Blake #16

Path

Victor Crivoi's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Teymuraz Gabashvili #66	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 27, 2009	Q2
Nicolas Lapentti #83	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 27, 2009	Q1

Victor Crivoi's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Robin Soderling #27	1-6 7-6(2) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 30, 2009	R32

James Blake's path

No prior matches in this tournament.