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James Blake #7 def. Tomas Berdych #14

6-4 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-4 6-3 6-1
Loser	Tomas Berdych
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	James Blake	Tomas Berdych
Aces	14	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	60	65
First serve points won %	75	61
Second serve points won %	55	43
Break points saved %	100	44
Break points converted %	56	0
Service points won %	67	55
Return points won %	45	33
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	26	20
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	14
Ranking points (entering)	2,085	1,660
Elo (entering)	1,919	1,930
Career W-L	345–235	594–321
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$29,491,328

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 1 – 0 Tomas Berdych

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Carlos Moya	6-4 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-3 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Juan Monaco	6-3 7-5 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2006	QF	Roger Federer	6-7(7) 0-6 7-6(9) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Dmitry Tursunov	6-7(2) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Florian Mayer	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Boris Pashanski	6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data