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Martin Verkerk #93 def. James Blake #26

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 2002*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Martin Verkerk
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Martin Verkerk	James Blake
Aces	13	2
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	48	68
First serve points won %	77	67
Second serve points won %	52	62
Break points saved %	89	67
Break points converted %	33	11
Service points won %	64	66
Return points won %	34	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martin Verkerk	James Blake
Country	NED	USA
Birth date	Oct 31, 1978	Dec 28, 1979
Age	23	22
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	93	26
Ranking points (entering)	421	1,270
Elo (entering)	1,615	1,853
Career W-L	56–64	345–235
Career earnings	$1,564,520	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Martin Verkerk 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2002	R64	Jan Vacek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2002	R16	Feliciano Lopez	2-6 7-6(6) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

No prior matches in this tournament.