James Blake vs Ivo Minar — Houston Round of 32

Houston · ATP · Round of 32
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 April 2005
clay
CZE
Ivo Minar
42 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
6-2 7-5
Minar I.
Blake J.
672
Minar I.
25–

James Blake defeated Ivo Minar 6-2 7-5 in the Houston round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — James Blake came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

  • Match story: James Blake closed it out in two sets, 6–2 7–5.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving84% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Minar I.

Minar I.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Blake J.

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
Blake J.Minar I.
1st serve in·Even
57%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
36%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
6.0
5.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 106). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Minar I.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
54
37
Break points saved·Dominant
88
62
Break points won·Slight edge
51
57
Deciding sets·Clear edge
54
39
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
55
38

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Roddick A.
Grosjean S.
6-26-2
Semi-finals
Roddick A.
Melzer J.
6-46-2
Grosjean S.
Lapentti N.
6-17-65
Quarter-finals
Grosjean S.
Agassi A.
4-66-16-2
Lapentti N.
Blake J.
6-41-67-63
Roddick A.
Horna L.
6-46-1
Melzer J.
Haas T.
2-66-26-4
R16
Melzer J.
Okun N.
2-66-27-5
Haas T.
Morrison J.
7-646-2
Roddick A.
Ginepri R.
7-666-4
Grosjean S.
Hernandez O.
6-45-76-2
Blake J.
Dupuis A.
6-46-1
Lapentti N.
Kim K.
7-616-2
Horna L.
Goldstein P.
6-16-777-5
Agassi A.
Calatrava A.
3-66-47-5
R32
Kim K.
Garcia A.
6-46-4
Morrison J.
Popp A.
6-37-64
Haas T.
Vliegen K.
6-37-5
Calatrava A.
Young D.
6-16-4
Hernandez O.
Bogomolov Jr A.
6-17-5
Okun N.
Mello R.
6-47-5
Melzer J.
Puerta M.
6-36-3
Ginepri R.
Fish M.
6-16-4
Goldstein P.
Vanek J.
6-17-64
Grosjean S.
Phau B.
4-66-37-5
Dupuis A.
Massu N.
6-46-0
Roddick A.
Boeker M.
6-26-3
Blake J.
Minar I.
6-27-5
Lapentti N.
Zib T.
6-36-2
Horna L.
Enqvist T.
6-46-3
Agassi A.
Tabara M.
6-27-65