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James Blake #16 def. Nikolay Davydenko #11

6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2009*
Tournament	Estoril
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-7(3) 7-6(2) 6-3
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	James Blake	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	4	1
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	53	63
First serve points won %	62	60
Second serve points won %	53	50
Break points saved %	58	45
Break points converted %	55	42
Service points won %	58	56
Return points won %	44	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Jun 2, 1981
Age	29	27
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	11
Ranking points (entering)	2,470	3,295
Elo (entering)	1,868	1,980
Career W-L	345–235	467–324
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 6 – 0 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	QF	Florent Serra	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R16	Marc Gicquel	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2009	R32	Frederico Gil	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	F	Albert Montanes	7-5 6-7(6) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	QF	Mardy Fish	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2009	R32	Andrey Golubev	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data