Tomas Behrend vs James Blake — Basel Round of 32

Basel · ATP · Round of 32
GER
Tomas Behrend
51 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 October 2003
hard
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Behrend T.
1-6 6-3 6-4
Blake J.
Behrend T.
1662
Blake J.
6341

Tomas Behrend defeated James Blake 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the Basel round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — James Blake came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Behrend T.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Blake J.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Behrend T.

Serve advantage — Blake J.

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
Behrend T.Blake J.
1st serve in·Even
61%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
73%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
59%
64%
Return points won·Even
35%
36%
Break points saved·Even
57%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.2
6.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.4
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (74 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Coria G.
Nalbandian D.
W/O
Semi-finals
Coria G.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-4
Nalbandian D.
Roddick A.
7-57-5
Quarter-finals
Coria G.
Lopez F.
6-16-2
Nalbandian D.
Henman T.
6-26-4
Ljubicic I.
Lapentti N.
2-66-26-3
Roddick A.
Rochus O.
6-46-4
R16
Nalbandian D.
Clement A.
4-1
Rochus O.
Robredo T.
7-56-1
Ljubicic I.
Federer R.
7-656-756-4
Lapentti N.
Behrend T.
7-626-1
Coria G.
Llodra M.
6-26-757-64
Lopez F.
Novak J.
3-67-56-4
Henman T.
Zib T.
6-36-4
Roddick A.
Elseneer G.
6-37-65
R32
Zib T.
Wawrinka S.
7-607-65
Roddick A.
Scherrer J.
6-37-64
Elseneer G.
Lee H.
6-26-0
Rochus O.
Mantilla F.
6-746-27-610
Robredo T.
Kratochvil M.
6-46-4
Nalbandian D.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-46-0
Clement A.
Mathieu P.
6-47-64
Henman T.
Verkerk M.
6-26-3
Novak J.
Parmar A.
3-66-36-0
Lopez F.
Nadal R.
3-66-37-64
Llodra M.
Ulihrach B.
6-36-4
Coria G.
Santoro F.
5-76-36-0
Lapentti N.
Heuberger I.
6-34-67-5
Behrend T.
Blake J.
1-66-36-4
Federer R.
Rosset M.
6-16-3
Ljubicic I.
Volandri F.
6-33-66-2