James Blake vs Gaston Gaudio — Indian Wells Masters Round of 32

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 32
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 March 2004
hard
ARG
Gaston Gaudio
47 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
3-6 6-2 6-3
Gaudio G.
Blake J.
3662
Gaudio G.
6231

James Blake defeated Gaston Gaudio 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Gaston Gaudio came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 64. James Blake claimed a first win over Gaston Gaudio in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-05-12Hamburg MastersR64clayGaston Gaudio6-7(3) 6-1 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Gaudio G.

Gaudio G.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Even serve battle

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.Gaudio G.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Slight edge
36%
42%
Break points saved·Even
61%
58%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.0
2.5
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.Gaudio G.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
54
49
Break points saved·Clear edge
88
72
Break points won·Even
51
51
Deciding sets·Even
54
58
Tiebreaks·Even
55
54

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
27°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 29%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Henman T.
6-36-3
Semi-finals
Federer R.
Agassi A.
4-66-36-4
Henman T.
Labadze I.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Labadze I.
Blake J.
6-716-46-1
Henman T.
Roddick A.
6-767-616-3
Agassi A.
Coria G.
6-47-5
Federer R.
Chela J.
6-26-1
R16
Blake J.
Dent T.
7-644-66-1
Coria G.
Grosjean S.
3-67-626-2
Agassi A.
Youzhny M.
7-56-2
Federer R.
Fish M.
6-46-1
Henman T.
Arthurs W.
6-16-3
Chela J.
Haas T.
6-46-2
Roddick A.
Escude N.
6-36-2
Labadze I.
Calleri A.
1-66-36-4
R32
Dent T.
Lapentti N.
6-36-2
Haas T.
Costa A.
7-643-66-3
Chela J.
Hewitt L.
6-34-66-1
Coria G.
Mirnyi M.
6-47-5
Grosjean S.
Sluiter R.
6-746-46-4
Youzhny M.
Horna L.
7-6126-2
Federer R.
Gonzalez F.
6-36-2
Fish M.
Novak J.
6-36-4
Agassi A.
Hrbaty D.
6-26-4
Arthurs W.
Bjorkman J.
4-66-26-3
Henman T.
Corretja A.
6-46-4
Escude N.
Spadea V.
3-66-47-65
Roddick A.
Safin M.
7-666-2
Labadze I.
Arazi H.
6-36-4
Calleri A.
Nadal R.
6-43-67-610
Blake J.
Gaudio G.
3-66-26-3
R64
Blake J.
Ginepri R.
6-47-5
Gaudio G.
Ferreira W.
6-27-5
Novak J.
Dupuis A.
6-26-0
Fish M.
Weiner G.
6-46-4
Nadal R.
Massu N.
6-31-0
Costa A.
Canas G.
7-56-736-4
Chela J.
Martin A.
5-76-26-0
Hewitt L.
Johansson T.
6-26-3
Coria G.
Sargsian S.
6-36-4
Mirnyi M.
Bogomolov Jr A.
7-646-4
Sluiter R.
Clement A.
6-26-4
Haas T.
Srichaphan P.
6-16-2
Lapentti N.
Verkerk M.
7-56-4
Gonzalez F.
Hanescu V.
3-66-36-4
Federer R.
Pavel A.
6-16-1
Grosjean S.
Sanguinetti D.
6-26-2
Youzhny M.
Philippoussis M.
7-657-5
Horna L.
Lopez F.
6-37-63
Agassi A.
Sanchez D.
6-26-2
Arthurs W.
Schuettler R.
6-17-63
Hrbaty D.
Malisse X.
6-46-3
Bjorkman J.
Levy H.
6-16-3
Corretja A.
Robredo T.
6-16-4
Henman T.
Larose S.
6-36-2
Escude N.
Schalken S.
6-36-2
Spadea V.
Saretta F.
6-36-2
Safin M.
Hernych J.
6-47-63
Roddick A.
Gambill J.
7-636-2
Labadze I.
Moya C.
2-66-16-3
Arazi H.
Nieminen J.
6-36-3
Calleri A.
Soderling R.
6-43-66-3
Dent T.
Kuerten G.
7-56-4
R128
Pavel A.
Karlovic I.
7-6106-747-64
Canas G.
Volandri F.
6-44-0
Sluiter R.
Zabaleta M.
7-637-66
Levy H.
Vahaly B.
6-25-76-3
Horna L.
Moodie W.
6-27-64
Arthurs W.
Browne F.
6-36-2
Sanchez D.
Saulnier C.
4-66-46-2
Blake J.
Stepanek R.
6-26-2
Ferreira W.
Andreev I.
6-46-2
Hanescu V.
Melzer J.
6-16-756-3
Weiner G.
Ulihrach B.
6-44-66-4
Dupuis A.
Martin T.
6-47-5
Haas T.
Enqvist T.
6-43-66-3
Martin A.
Niemeyer F.
7-56-4
Johansson T.
Tursunov D.
6-45-76-2
Sargsian S.
Ancic M.
7-622-66-1
Bogomolov Jr A.
Salzenstein J.
6-26-4
Sanguinetti D.
Santoro F.
1-67-646-4
Malisse X.
Beck K.
6-36-3
Youzhny M.
Lee H.
3-66-36-1
Lapentti N.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-26-3
Dent T.
Lapentti G.
1-66-46-4
Nadal R.
Burgsmuller L.
6-26-3
Soderling R.
Ljubicic I.
6-37-65
Arazi H.
Rochus O.
6-46-2
Labadze I.
Ascione T.
7-636-4
Gambill J.
Van Lottum J.
6-33-66-2
Hernych J.
Davydenko N.
2-66-46-1
Saretta F.
Kiefer N.
6-27-5
Escude N.
Verdasco F.
7-625-77-65
Larose S.
Mantilla F.
6-04-67-5
Corretja A.
Ferrer D.
7-663-67-5