H2H data updated: 2026-09-06 00:00 UTC

James Blake vs Fernando Verdasco H2H: 2-0

James Blake holds a 2–0 lead over Fernando Verdasco in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, James Blake leads 1–0 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, James Blake won the 2008 Italian Open third round 5-7 7-5 6-2.

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James Blake
USA Age 46 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Fernando Verdasco
ESP Age 42 Left-Handed 188 cm / 6'2"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
James Blake #8 5-7 7-5 6-2 Fernando Verdasco #28 Match data May 9, 2008* R16 Italian Open Masters 1000 Clay
James Blake #6 6-4 6-2 Fernando Verdasco #35 Match data Aug 24, 2007* QF New Haven International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
James Blake #1,020 #4 3,550 2,041 349 237 59.6% 0 0 0 1 9 10
Fernando Verdasco #893 #7 3,900 2,127 549 442 55.4% 0 0 0 1 6 7

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age James Blake Fernando Verdasco
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 1998 0–1 0.0% — 1,491 0 0 2002 1–2 33.3% #173 1,502 0 0
19 1999 1–4 20.0% #219 1,479 0 0 2003 7–12 36.8% #109 1,591 0 0
20 2000 0–4 0.0% #212 1,453 0 0 2004 31–25 55.4% #36 1,730 0 1
21 2001 11–9 55.0% #73 1,647 0 0 2005 34–27 55.7% #32 1,790 0 1
22 2002 34–22 60.7% #28 1,815 0 1 2006 31–25 55.4% #35 1,726 0 1
23 2003 30–23 56.6% #37 1,794 0 1 2007 33–26 55.9% #26 1,864 0 1
24 2004 15–13 53.6% #97 1,692 0 1 2008 45–27 62.5% #16 1,875 0 2
25 2005 34–20 63.0% #23 1,924 0 3 2009 51–24 68.0% #9 2,003 0 3
26 2006 57–21 73.1% #4 1,999 0 8 2010 43–21 67.2% #9 1,927 0 5
27 2007 49–21 70.0% #13 1,916 0 10 2011 34–24 58.6% #24 1,931 0 5
28 2008 44–22 66.7% #10 1,883 0 10 2012 32–22 59.3% #24 1,901 0 5
29 2009 23–18 56.1% #44 1,849 0 10 2013 27–24 52.9% #30 1,896 0 5
30 2010 15–17 46.9% #135 1,759 0 10 2014 26–20 56.5% #33 1,879 0 6
31 2011 19–16 54.3% #59 1,824 0 10 2015 24–26 48.0% #49 1,822 0 6
32 2012 8–12 40.0% #127 1,781 0 10 2016 29–26 52.7% #42 1,823 0 7
33 2013 9–14 39.1% #153 1,711 0 10 2017 29–25 53.7% #35 1,895 0 7
34 — — — — — — — 2018 33–28 54.1% #28 1,914 0 7
35 — — — — — — — 2019 26–27 49.1% #49 1,810 0 7
36 — — — — — — — 2020 6–7 46.2% #65 1,768 0 7
37 — — — — — — — 2021 2–8 20.0% #154 1,627 0 7
38 — — — — — — — 2022 5–11 31.2% #124 1,603 0 7
39 — — — — — — — 2023 0–5 0.0% #651 1,535 0 7

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age James Blake Fernando Verdasco
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
18 1998 — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2002 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — —
19 1999 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2003 6 7 13 46.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 2000 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 6 10 16 37.5% 20 11 31 64.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0%
21 2001 7 7 14 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2005 14 12 26 53.8% 15 11 26 57.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7%
22 2002 21 12 33 63.6% 6 5 11 54.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 2006 9 12 21 42.9% 17 9 26 65.4% 5 2 7 71.4% 0 2 2 0.0%
23 2003 24 14 38 63.2% 4 5 9 44.4% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% 2007 18 14 32 56.3% 9 8 17 52.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
24 2004 12 9 21 57.1% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2008 20 16 36 55.6% 17 8 25 68.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — —
25 2005 28 13 41 68.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2009 35 15 50 70.0% 12 6 18 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
26 2006 46 14 60 76.7% 4 4 8 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2010 21 13 34 61.8% 22 7 29 75.9% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 2007 40 15 55 72.7% 5 4 9 55.6% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2011 19 14 33 57.6% 12 8 20 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
28 2008 33 15 48 68.8% 7 5 12 58.3% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2012 11 10 21 52.4% 19 10 29 65.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
29 2009 13 11 24 54.2% 6 5 11 54.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2013 9 13 22 40.9% 12 9 21 57.1% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
30 2010 15 15 30 50.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2014 11 11 22 50.0% 13 7 20 65.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
31 2011 18 14 32 56.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2015 11 14 25 44.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
32 2012 8 9 17 47.1% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2016 13 15 28 46.4% 14 8 22 63.6% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
33 2013 8 9 17 47.1% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2017 18 15 33 54.5% 10 7 17 58.8% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 18 14 32 56.3% 14 10 24 58.3% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 13 14 27 48.1% 8 9 17 47.1% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 6 5 11 54.5% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 0 2 2 0.0% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1 6 7 14.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 0 3 3 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 273 164 437 62.5% 39 39 78 50.0% 32 27 59 54.2% 5 7 12 41.7% — 259 235 494 52.4% 231 156 387 59.7% 51 44 95 53.7% 8 7 15 53.3%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 563/586 of James Blake's and 988/991 of Fernando Verdasco's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age James Blake Fernando Verdasco
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 1998 1/1 8.0 7.0 49.1% 60.4% 47.3% 66.7% 15.4% 53.7% 34.4% 2002 3/3 1.7 6.3 71.8% 56.3% 32.1% 54.4% 39.3% 49.7% 37.0%
19 1999 5/5 3.6 4.4 54.3% 64.1% 45.3% 41.7% 36.7% 55.8% 31.8% 2003 18/19 5.0 4.3 64.8% 68.3% 55.7% 51.0% 42.6% 63.8% 34.4%
20 2000 4/4 3.3 3.0 48.4% 58.5% 30.3% 35.4% 54.5% 44.2% 38.6% 2004 56/56 4.8 3.2 66.0% 71.0% 56.3% 65.5% 40.6% 65.7% 37.3%
21 2001 17/20 5.7 2.5 59.8% 71.7% 54.9% 64.8% 42.6% 64.8% 37.2% 2005 61/61 6.6 3.7 65.1% 72.5% 51.7% 60.0% 44.5% 65.2% 38.9%
22 2002 50/56 4.5 2.5 58.7% 71.0% 51.7% 62.3% 44.2% 63.1% 39.2% 2006 56/56 3.9 3.8 72.5% 68.7% 49.7% 62.8% 43.6% 63.3% 38.3%
23 2003 52/53 5.2 3.0 60.2% 71.5% 51.7% 56.1% 48.8% 63.6% 40.7% 2007 59/59 4.6 3.4 72.4% 70.2% 52.2% 55.3% 38.6% 65.1% 38.2%
24 2004 28/28 4.8 2.4 60.2% 70.7% 51.0% 51.0% 36.6% 63.0% 39.1% 2008 72/72 3.8 4.1 72.6% 69.3% 53.0% 55.6% 47.6% 64.7% 40.8%
25 2005 54/54 6.6 2.4 58.6% 74.9% 53.7% 62.7% 41.6% 66.2% 39.7% 2009 75/75 6.1 3.7 69.1% 73.1% 54.3% 62.2% 46.5% 67.1% 41.1%
26 2006 77/78 6.1 2.7 57.5% 73.3% 53.3% 61.1% 44.9% 64.8% 41.9% 2010 64/64 5.4 4.8 67.1% 71.2% 49.4% 60.0% 44.6% 64.0% 40.3%
27 2007 67/70 7.4 2.9 57.8% 76.8% 54.8% 62.3% 47.5% 67.4% 39.1% 2011 58/58 5.5 3.9 68.8% 70.7% 51.3% 61.5% 44.9% 64.6% 38.1%
28 2008 59/66 7.0 2.6 55.7% 75.0% 52.5% 54.6% 46.8% 65.0% 39.6% 2012 53/54 4.6 3.8 69.7% 69.7% 51.4% 64.4% 42.1% 64.1% 38.3%
29 2009 41/41 6.3 3.0 57.3% 74.0% 53.5% 60.6% 41.0% 65.3% 35.1% 2013 50/51 5.9 5.0 61.7% 72.8% 54.0% 56.4% 36.3% 65.3% 37.4%
30 2010 32/32 5.2 2.8 57.4% 72.1% 52.4% 53.6% 37.7% 63.7% 36.3% 2014 46/46 5.7 4.7 66.3% 71.7% 51.8% 65.6% 43.2% 64.5% 37.3%
31 2011 33/35 5.5 3.8 57.7% 74.1% 47.4% 61.0% 46.0% 62.8% 35.5% 2015 50/50 7.7 4.1 64.6% 73.5% 52.3% 60.8% 35.2% 66.1% 35.3%
32 2012 20/20 5.4 3.1 56.9% 71.3% 49.4% 51.8% 46.5% 62.0% 36.7% 2016 55/55 6.3 3.9 64.0% 73.2% 51.4% 62.1% 38.4% 65.1% 37.8%
33 2013 23/23 6.0 2.7 53.4% 75.6% 48.6% 58.9% 49.1% 62.6% 37.7% 2017 54/54 4.0 3.4 69.0% 70.6% 51.0% 53.7% 45.7% 64.6% 39.5%
34 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 61/61 6.7 4.2 63.1% 72.0% 48.7% 59.3% 42.9% 63.4% 39.0%
35 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 53/53 7.7 3.7 63.8% 71.8% 49.4% 62.4% 40.0% 63.7% 36.0%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 13/13 6.3 2.6 67.5% 68.9% 49.5% 59.7% 29.5% 62.7% 36.4%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 10/10 3.9 3.2 66.9% 60.7% 48.4% 54.2% 28.3% 56.6% 35.0%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 16/16 4.3 2.9 63.4% 66.0% 48.6% 58.4% 37.6% 59.8% 36.2%
39 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 5/5 1.0 4.0 62.6% 53.7% 32.4% 36.3% 45.3% 45.6% 34.0%
Career — 563/586 6.0 2.8 57.7% 73.3% 52.1% 58.7% 44.5% 64.3% 38.8% — 988/991 5.5 3.9 67.3% 70.9% 51.6% 59.9% 42.1% 64.4% 38.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age James Blake Fernando Verdasco
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
18 1998 1492 98.2 +0.92 -1.01 0.743 44.6% — — — 33.3% -1.00 0–1 1–0 — -0.01 2002 1502 102.0 -2.56 -2.05 0.736 44.2% — +27 — 28.6% -1.72 1–0 — — +0.02
19 1999 1480 105.6 -2.20 -0.63 0.718 44.0% +30 — — 16.7% -2.42 1–0 0–1 — -0.11 2003 1592 125.8 +1.64 -0.91 0.950 48.7% +9 -89 — 39.6% -0.77 2–4 (33%) 7–7 (50%) 99.9 -0.48
20 2000 1453 104.3 -4.21 +0.21 0.692 41.4% +17 — — 0.0% -3.63 — 0–1 — -0.23 2004 1731 140.6 +2.76 +0.54 1.085 51.4% -84 +24 -92 53.2% +0.29 6–8 (43%) 11–12 (48%) 100.4 -1.34
21 2001 1647 135.3 +2.25 +0.39 1.059 51.0% -18 — -87 55.1% +0.55 3–3 (50%) 2–4 (33%) 101.7 +0.08 2005 1791 146.9 +2.51 +2.36 1.116 51.9% -27 +11 -149 55.1% +0.46 10–12 (45%) 12–11 (52%) 100.7 -2.07
22 2002 1816 147.9 +1.40 +2.12 1.061 51.1% -26 -178 -199 56.1% +0.32 11–10 (52%) 9–7 (56%) 104.0 -0.19 2006 1727 137.0 +0.96 +1.48 1.042 50.6% -72 +110 +30 56.5% +0.19 10–10 (50%) 14–10 (58%) 101.8 +0.48
23 2003 1794 146.7 +1.54 +3.57 1.120 52.2% +27 -165 -202 58.3% +0.52 6–12 (33%) 15–9 (63%) 98.1 -0.97 2007 1864 150.9 +2.40 +2.23 1.097 51.3% -58 -13 -91 54.4% +0.38 11–10 (52%) 10–14 (42%) 101.0 -1.77
24 2004 1692 126.8 -0.56 +1.37 1.056 50.9% +63 -67 — 55.1% +0.38 3–4 (43%) 7–3 (70%) 101.0 +2.11 2008 1876 151.0 +1.44 +3.82 1.154 52.4% -51 +93 +36 58.0% +0.69 13–9 (59%) 13–14 (48%) 101.8 +1.79
25 2005 1925 148.8 +3.11 +2.61 1.175 52.6% +27 -259 -338 61.2% +0.81 8–9 (47%) 10–15 (40%) 98.1 -1.49 2009 2004 172.3 +4.14 +5.15 1.247 53.9% +20 +44 -100 66.0% +1.22 11–12 (48%) 15–19 (44%) 96.0 -0.23
26 2006 2000 158.3 +2.59 +5.15 1.189 53.1% +48 -316 -257 64.5% +0.91 17–8 (68%) 18–14 (56%) 104.4 +0.23 2010 1928 161.5 +1.35 +3.83 1.119 52.0% +11 +172 — 59.1% +0.69 18–5 (78%) 17–17 (50%) 104.3 +1.41
27 2007 1917 151.1 +3.35 +2.66 1.201 53.1% +45 -237 -153 66.3% +1.01 12–9 (57%) 20–16 (56%) 97.1 +3.66 2011 1931 156.9 +1.76 +2.02 1.077 51.0% -19 +115 -49 55.4% +0.39 9–9 (50%) 9–10 (47%) 97.4 -0.03
28 2008 1883 152.4 +2.01 +2.91 1.131 52.4% +72 -189 -110 61.9% +0.79 13–11 (54%) 12–11 (52%) 97.3 +4.15 2012 1902 158.3 +1.78 +1.64 1.068 50.9% -15 +110 -16 57.3% +0.45 7–6 (54%) 10–11 (48%) 96.5 +0.32
29 2009 1850 151.0 +2.02 +0.45 1.012 50.5% +25 -106 -16 53.8% +0.24 7–8 (47%) 14–11 (56%) 101.0 -0.82 2013 1897 150.8 +1.90 +1.27 1.077 50.9% -69 +47 +113 54.3% +0.20 11–12 (48%) 14–10 (58%) 102.3 -0.19
30 2010 1760 142.1 -0.13 0.00 1.000 50.0% +24 — — 49.4% -0.01 6–9 (40%) 5–6 (45%) 93.5 -0.97 2014 1880 147.7 +0.99 +0.74 1.048 50.8% -58 +69 +74 55.4% +0.36 11–12 (48%) 12–16 (43%) 94.8 +1.67
31 2011 1825 150.5 -0.14 -0.22 0.954 49.7% +33 — — 50.0% -0.01 6–5 (55%) 7–8 (47%) 99.3 -0.57 2015 1822 158.0 +2.13 -0.07 1.043 50.6% -12 +53 +115 47.4% +0.18 12–11 (52%) 13–16 (45%) 97.0 -2.42
32 2012 1781 139.4 -0.94 -0.30 0.965 49.4% +57 — — 45.5% -0.34 2–6 (25%) 4–5 (44%) 94.5 +0.24 2016 1823 157.6 +1.70 +1.52 1.083 51.2% -31 +108 +59 53.3% +0.30 6–12 (33%) 15–12 (56%) 97.7 -1.95
33 2013 1712 137.4 -1.34 +1.25 1.009 50.5% +56 — -13 42.1% +0.04 2–4 (33%) 3–8 (27%) 92.9 +0.69 2017 1896 164.3 +0.98 +3.38 1.115 51.7% -12 +46 -99 55.4% +0.30 6–15 (29%) 18–9 (67%) 98.6 -2.48
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1915 159.9 -0.10 +2.46 1.065 50.9% +25 +13 -172 51.9% +0.27 15–11 (58%) 8–17 (32%) 94.6 -1.33
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1810 151.6 -0.18 +0.45 0.990 50.1% +22 +37 +5 51.4% +0.28 13–13 (50%) 8–11 (42%) 96.5 -0.47
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1768 132.5 -0.34 -1.01 0.975 49.0% +72 — — 48.5% -0.27 1–2 (33%) 2–0 — -0.38
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1627 114.6 -2.83 -1.10 0.807 46.0% — +81 — 25.0% -1.25 — 1–2 (33%) — -0.25
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1604 122.9 -3.29 -0.30 0.900 48.1% +74 +90 — 36.6% -0.81 2–4 (33%) 5–5 (50%) 98.8 +0.75
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1536 96.8 -6.12 -1.90 0.625 40.2% +105 — — 9.1% -3.27 0–1 0–3 (0%) — +0.03
Career — 2042 153.8 +1.56 +2.23 1.088 51.6% +35 -188 -160 57.2% +0.48 97–99 (49%) 127–119 (52%) 97.2 +1.00 — 2128 158.8 +1.50 +2.00 1.077 51.2% -17 +67 -9 54.3% +0.35 175–178 (50%) 214–226 (49%) 97.0 -0.90

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.