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James Blake #39 def. Taylor Dent #43

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 13, 2004*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	James Blake
Score	7-6(4) 4-6 6-1
Loser	Taylor Dent
Duration	2h 3m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	James Blake	Taylor Dent
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1979	Apr 24, 1981
Age	24	22
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	39	43
Ranking points (entering)	925	885
Elo (entering)	1,794	1,869
Career W-L	345–235	148–138
Career earnings	$7,981,882	$2,563,378

Pre-match H2H

James Blake 2 – 1 Taylor Dent

Path

James Blake's path

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

James Blake's next match

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

Taylor Dent's path

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