Wayne Ferreira vs James Blake — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · ATP · Round of 32
RSA
Wayne Ferreira
54 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 January 2004
hard
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
Ferreira W.
6-2 6-4
Blake J.
Ferreira W.
662
Blake J.
24–

Wayne Ferreira defeated James Blake 6-2 6-4 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — James Blake came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Wayne Ferreira claimed a first win over James Blake in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-08-11Cincinnati MastersR64hardJames Blake6-1 7-6(0)

Serve vs return

This season
Ferreira W.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Blake J.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Ferreira W.

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
Ferreira W.Blake J.
1st serve in·Even
58%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
34%
36%
Break points saved·Even
58%
61%
Aces / match·Even
6.5
6.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.7
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (26 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Hewitt L.
Moya C.
4-3
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Verkerk M.
6-2
Moya C.
Ferreira W.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Verkerk M.
Philippoussis M.
6-47-64
Ferreira W.
Reid T.
6-46-4
Hewitt L.
Clement A.
6-14-66-3
Moya C.
Robredo T.
6-16-2
R16
Verkerk M.
Mirnyi M.
6-707-667-65
Reid T.
Mantilla F.
6-46-1
Ferreira W.
Guccione C.
7-647-5
Philippoussis M.
Rusedski G.
6-31-66-4
Hewitt L.
Kucera K.
6-46-1
Clement A.
Johansson J.
6-47-5
Robredo T.
Srichaphan P.
4-66-17-63
Moya C.
Llodra M.
7-656-3
R32
Mantilla F.
Gasquet R.
3-0
Rusedski G.
Chela J.
7-617-65
Guccione C.
Ferrero J.
6-37-66
Ferreira W.
Blake J.
6-26-4
Reid T.
Massu N.
7-652-66-4
Moya C.
Bogomolov Jr A.
7-56-4
Llodra M.
Youzhny M.
6-46-2
Robredo T.
Costa A.
6-26-3
Srichaphan P.
Bjorkman J.
7-51-66-1
Verkerk M.
Arthurs W.
6-46-4
Mirnyi M.
Calleri A.
7-56-3
Philippoussis M.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-45-76-2
Hewitt L.
Sargsian S.
6-46-2
Kucera K.
Lopez F.
6-737-646-3
Clement A.
Fish M.
6-36-3
Johansson J.
Schuettler R.
6-46-4