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Roger Federer #1 def. James Blake #15

7-5 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-5 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	Roger Federer	James Blake
Aces	13	8
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	68	58
First serve points won %	75	70
Second serve points won %	58	43
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	James Blake
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Dec 28, 1979
Age	26	28
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	7,180	1,610
Elo (entering)	2,339	1,942
Career W-L	1,206–267	345–235
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 7 – 0 James Blake

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-4 7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	6-7(5) 7-6(1) 5-7 6-1 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Diego Hartfield	6-0 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2008	SF	Novak Djokovic	5-7 3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2008	R16	Marin Cilic	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	4-6 2-6 6-0 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Michael Russell	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Nicolas Massu	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data