Gustavo Kuerten vs James Blake — Indian Wells Masters Quarter-final

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Quarter-final
BRA
Gustavo Kuerten
49 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 March 2003
hard
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Kuerten G.
4-6 6-4 6-0
Blake J.
Kuerten G.
4662
Blake J.
6401

Gustavo Kuerten defeated James Blake 4-6 6-4 6-0 in the Indian Wells Masters quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — James Blake came in defending last year's round of 64.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kuerten G.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Blake J.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Kuerten G.

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
Kuerten G.Blake J.
1st serve in·Even
55%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
60%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
7.9
6.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.4
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (115 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 19%

Draw

Final
Hewitt L.
Kuerten G.
6-16-1
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Spadea V.
7-656-1
Kuerten G.
Schuettler R.
6-23-66-2
Quarter-finals
Kuerten G.
Blake J.
4-66-46-0
Hewitt L.
Ginepri R.
6-46-2
Spadea V.
Vahaly B.
6-36-2
Schuettler R.
Roddick A.
6-36-2
R16
Blake J.
Moya C.
5-76-36-2
Schuettler R.
Mirnyi M.
6-36-4
Kuerten G.
Calleri A.
6-47-65
Ginepri R.
Safin M.
6-06-1
Vahaly B.
Robredo T.
6-27-5
Roddick A.
Grosjean S.
7-652-67-61
Hewitt L.
Coria G.
6-736-46-3
Spadea V.
Rochus O.
6-44-66-2
R32
Ginepri R.
Novak J.
W/O
Robredo T.
Schalken S.
5-76-26-0
Coria G.
Corretja A.
6-26-1
Vahaly B.
Ferrero J.
6-43-66-3
Hewitt L.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-36-2
Safin M.
Philippoussis M.
6-46-3
Roddick A.
Lopez F.
6-46-3
Grosjean S.
Malisse X.
6-36-3
Schuettler R.
Zabaleta M.
6-36-3
Mirnyi M.
Rios M.
6-36-3
Kuerten G.
Federer R.
7-57-63
Calleri A.
Henman T.
6-47-64
Blake J.
Chela J.
6-16-4
Moya C.
Clement A.
6-06-2
Rochus O.
Costa A.
5-76-46-4
Spadea V.
Kiefer N.
6-36-2
R64
Rios M.
Gaudio G.
4-0
Robredo T.
Nieminen J.
6-20-1
Costa A.
Krajicek R.
7-657-64
Corretja A.
Acasuso J.
7-627-67
Federer R.
Mantilla F.
6-746-44-1
Ferrero J.
Sargsian S.
6-46-756-4
Rochus O.
Santoro F.
6-12-66-3
Kiefer N.
Ancic M.
6-26-4
Spadea V.
Srichaphan P.
6-36-4
Schalken S.
Vicente F.
6-26-3
Vahaly B.
Gonzalez F.
2-66-36-4
Safin M.
Koubek S.
3-66-37-5
Moya C.
Chang M.
6-06-3
Clement A.
Kratochvil M.
6-23-66-2
Blake J.
Martin T.
6-13-67-5
Chela J.
Nalbandian D.
4-66-47-5
Henman T.
Gambill J.
7-56-2
Calleri A.
Lapentti N.
6-46-3
Mirnyi M.
Ferreira W.
7-656-3
Zabaleta M.
Youzhny M.
7-656-1
Schuettler R.
Arthurs W.
6-47-63
Grosjean S.
Sanchez D.
6-36-2
Malisse X.
Ferrer D.
6-16-0
Lopez F.
Hrbaty D.
6-27-62
Roddick A.
Enqvist T.
6-46-4
Philippoussis M.
Pavel A.
6-36-4
Ginepri R.
Lee H.
7-624-66-4
Novak J.
Beck K.
6-47-5
Coria G.
Sanguinetti D.
6-02-66-0
Kafelnikov Y.
Stepanek R.
4-66-16-1
Hewitt L.
El Aynaoui Y.
4-67-56-2
Kuerten G.
Ivanisevic G.
6-26-4