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Ivo Karlovic #25 def. James Blake #7

4-6 7-6(4) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 2007*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	James Blake
Aces	24	9
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	66	63
First serve points won %	83	86
Second serve points won %	58	53
Break points saved %	50	75
Break points converted %	25	50
Service points won %	74	74
Return points won %	26	26
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	James Blake
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Dec 28, 1979
Age	28	27
Height	211	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	7
Ranking points (entering)	1,295	2,110
Elo (entering)	1,897	1,939
Career W-L	357–333	345–235
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 4 – 1 James Blake

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Marco Chiudinelli	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2007	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-6(13)	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Oscar Hernandez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data