QF Australian Open 2008

Roger Federer #1 def. James Blake #15

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

Roger Federer defeated James Blake 7-5 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 2008 Australian Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 24, 2008*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2008
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 59m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	James Blake
Aces	13	8
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	68.0%	58.0%
First serve points won %	75.0%	70.0%
Second serve points won %	58.0%	43.0%
Break points saved %	0.0%	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	100.0%
Service points won %	70.0%	59.0%
Return points won %	41.0%	30.0%
Total points won %	54.0%	46.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	James Blake
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Dec 28, 1979
Age	26	28
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	7,180	1,610
Elo (entering)	2,336	1,946
Current career W-L	1,219–272	349–237
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #1 7 – 0 James Blake #15

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tomas Berdych #13	6-4 7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2008	R16
Janko Tipsarevic #49	6-7(5) 7-6(1) 5-7 6-1 10-8	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2008	R32
Fabrice Santoro #36	6-1 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2008	R64
Diego Hartfield #107	6-0 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2008	R128

Roger Federer's next match

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

James Blake's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marin Cilic #57	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2008	R16
Sebastien Grosjean #46	4-6 2-6 6-0 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2008	R32
Michael Russell #101	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2008	R64
Nicolas Massu #69	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2008	R128