James Blake vs Jonas Bjorkman — Tokyo Round of 16

Tokyo · ATP · Round of 16
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 October 2001
hard
SWE
Jonas Bjorkman
54 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
Blake J.
6-1 7-5
Bjorkman J.
Blake J.
672
Bjorkman J.
15–

James Blake defeated Jonas Bjorkman 6-1 7-5 in the Tokyo round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — James Blake came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. James Blake extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

  • Match story: James Blake came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–5.

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-07-21Canada MastersR32hardJames Blake1-6 6-1 6-2
2007-10-07StockholmR32hardJames Blake6-7(3) 7-5 6-3
2003-08-18Long IslandR32hardJames Blake6-1 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Bjorkman J.

Bjorkman J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Blake J.Bjorkman J.
1st serve in·Even
57%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
6.0
4.8
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Bjorkman J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
54
44
Break points saved·Clear edge
88
67
Break points won·Even
51
50
Deciding sets·Even
54
51
Tiebreaks·Even
55
55

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
19°CRain
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 88%

Draw

Final
Hewitt L.
Kratochvil M.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Kratochvil M.
Kucera K.
6-06-3
Hewitt L.
Blake J.
6-46-0
Quarter-finals
Hewitt L.
Clavet F.
4-66-46-2
Kucera K.
Suzuki T.
6-36-3
Kratochvil M.
Schalken S.
6-36-4
Blake J.
Rios M.
4-66-46-1
R16
Suzuki T.
Chang M.
7-636-2
Rios M.
Udomchoke D.
6-36-2
Blake J.
Bjorkman J.
6-17-5
Kratochvil M.
Burgsmuller L.
6-36-2
Clavet F.
Massu N.
6-36-4
Schalken S.
Heuberger I.
6-26-2
Kucera K.
Schuettler R.
6-26-2
Hewitt L.
Russell M.
6-16-1
R32
Schuettler R.
Larsson M.
6-37-5
Suzuki T.
Sargsian S.
7-54-66-4
Chang M.
Pretzsch A.
6-36-4
Rios M.
Black B.
6-27-5
Heuberger I.
Behr N.
3-66-46-4
Burgsmuller L.
Lee H.
3-66-37-5
Kratochvil M.
Fukarek O.
7-631-66-4
Kucera K.
Delgado R.
6-46-4
Russell M.
Mamiit C.
3-66-46-3
Blake J.
Arthurs W.
7-647-5
Bjorkman J.
Kondo H.
6-16-3
Hewitt L.
Goellner M.
6-26-2
Clavet F.
Behrend T.
7-676-2
Udomchoke D.
Levy H.
7-56-0
Massu N.
Zib T.
6-37-64
Schalken S.
Vinck C.
6-36-4
R64
Larsson M.
Lee M.
6-46-2
Massu N.
Kempes E.
6-46-4
Kucera K.
Simoni A.
6-34-66-1
Russell M.
Godwin N.
6-47-61
Fukarek O.
Vacek D.
6-27-63
Mamiit C.
Thomas J.
6-36-2
Goellner M.
Delgado J.
6-46-4
Blake J.
Ishii Y.
6-36-4
Kondo H.
Onoda M.
6-46-4
Behrend T.
Thomann N.
6-36-1
Zib T.
Yoon Y.
6-36-1
Pretzsch A.
Srichaphan P.
6-737-656-1
Black B.
Taino E.
6-46-1
Udomchoke D.
Cowan B.
6-24-66-3
Levy H.
Iwabuchi S.
6-36-3
Arthurs W.
Zitko R.
6-26-736-1
Sargsian S.
Sa A.
6-26-3
Suzuki T.
Ilie A.
5-76-26-4
Delgado R.
Motomura G.
6-46-4
Heuberger I.
Calatrava A.
6-36-1
Burgsmuller L.
Llodra M.
7-632-66-2
Lee H.
Hantschk M.
7-6116-4
Behr N.
Terachi T.
6-26-1
Vinck C.
Labadze I.
6-736-37-5