James Blake #39 def. Taylor Dent #43

7-6(4) 4-6 6-1

James Blake defeated Taylor Dent 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 in the 2004 Indian Wells Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 13, 2004*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 2004
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 2h 3m

Match Statistics

Stat	James Blake	Taylor Dent
Aces	6	1
Double faults	6	9
First serve %	65	56
First serve points won %	70	65
Second serve points won %	44	40
Break points saved %	64	62
Break points converted %	38	36
Service points won %	61	54
Return points won %	46	39
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	James Blake	Taylor Dent
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Apr 24, 1981
Age	24	22
Height	185 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	39	43
Ranking points (entering)	925	885
Elo (entering)	1,794	1,873
Current career W-L	349–237	152–140
Current career earnings	$7,981,882	$2,563,378

Pre-match H2H

James Blake #39 2 – 1 Taylor Dent #43

Path

James Blake's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gaston Gaudio #35	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 2004	R32
Robby Ginepri #28	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 10, 2004	R64
Radek Stepanek #53	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 9, 2004	R128

James Blake's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Irakli Labadze #90	7-6(1) 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 2004	QF

Taylor Dent's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Lapentti #62	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 2004	R32
Gustavo Kuerten #16	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 10, 2004	R64
Giovanni Lapentti #126	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 9, 2004	R128