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Kei Nishikori #244 def. James Blake #12

3-6 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 2008*
Tournament	Delray Beach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	3-6 6-1 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	James Blake
Aces	3	8
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	67	52
First serve points won %	76	87
Second serve points won %	60	44
Break points saved %	80	62
Break points converted %	38	20
Service points won %	71	67
Return points won %	33	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	James Blake
Country	JPN	USA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Dec 28, 1979
Age	18	28
Height	178	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	244	12
Ranking points (entering)	160	1,645
Elo (entering)	1,675	1,956
Career W-L	424–226	345–235
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2008	SF	Sam Querrey	4-6 6-2 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2008	QF	Bobby Reynolds	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2008	R16	Amer Delic	6-7(7) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2008	R32	Florian Mayer	6-0 4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 2008	Q3	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-2 7-5	W	—	Match data
Feb 11, 2008	Q2	Jesse Witten	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2008	Q1	Nicolas Todero	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2008	SF	Robby Ginepri	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2008	QF	Igor Kunitsyn	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2008	R16	Paul Capdeville	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2008	R32	Robert Kendrick	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data