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James Blake #27 def. Sjeng Schalken #12

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 14, 2003*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	James Blake
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	1h 5m

Stat	James Blake	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	61	67
First serve points won %	79	51
Second serve points won %	43	53
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	65	52
Return points won %	48	35
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Sjeng Schalken
Country	USA	NED
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Sep 8, 1976
Age	23	26
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,090	1,740
Elo (entering)	1,774	1,858
Career W-L	345–235	280–254
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 0 – 0 Sjeng Schalken

Path

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2003	R64	Wayne Ferreira	6-1 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data

James Blake's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2003	R16	Andy Roddick	6-7(2) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2003	R64	Hyung-Taik Lee	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data