James Blake vs Olivier Rochus — Paris Masters Round of 64

Paris Masters · ATP · Round of 64
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 October 2005
hard
BEL
Olivier Rochus
45 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
6-4 6-3
Rochus O.
Blake J.
662
Rochus O.
43–

James Blake defeated Olivier Rochus 6-4 6-3 in the Paris Masters round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — James Blake came in leading the head-to-head 4–1. James Blake extended the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

  • Match story: James Blake closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

Head to head

4–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-10-17StockholmR32hardJames Blake7-6(6) 6-3
2009-08-31US OpenR64hardJames Blake6-4 3-6 7-6(6) 6-3
2006-10-09StockholmQFhardJames Blake6-7(3) 6-4 6-2
2005-10-10StockholmSFhardJames Blake6-4 6-3
2005-09-23Davis Cup WG PO: BEL vs USARRclayOlivier Rochus6-4 7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Rochus O.

Rochus O.serving80% hold

wins 63% 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.Rochus O.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
61%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.0
1.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.4

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Rochus O.
Clutch Rating·Even
54
54
Break points saved·Even
88
85
Break points won·Even
51
47
Deciding sets·Slight edge
54
63
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
55
48

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
16°CRain
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 92%

Draw

Final
Berdych T.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-43-64-66-4
Semi-finals
Berdych T.
Stepanek R.
6-13-66-3
Ljubicic I.
Roddick A.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Berdych T.
Gaudio G.
7-56-0
Ljubicic I.
Robredo T.
7-663-66-1
Roddick A.
Ferrer D.
2-66-37-68
Stepanek R.
Davydenko N.
7-56-4
R16
Ljubicic I.
Johansson T.
6-37-64
Stepanek R.
Mathieu P.
7-56-4
Robredo T.
Djokovic N.
6-46-3
Berdych T.
Ferrero J.
7-56-776-4
Ferrer D.
Haas T.
6-26-736-3
Gaudio G.
Ginepri R.
6-46-1
Roddick A.
Hrbaty D.
6-16-2
Davydenko N.
Tursunov D.
3-66-26-3
R32
Ferrero J.
Wawrinka S.
7-647-64
Robredo T.
Clement A.
7-56-2
Hrbaty D.
Lisnard J.
6-36-3
Roddick A.
Dent T.
6-46-727-5
Haas T.
Nalbandian D.
6-46-3
Djokovic N.
Puerta M.
6-37-69
Ferrer D.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-4
Johansson T.
Vliegen K.
6-36-2
Stepanek R.
Lopez F.
7-56-2
Berdych T.
Coria G.
6-46-2
Ginepri R.
Verdasco F.
6-36-776-3
Gaudio G.
Santoro F.
6-47-5
Davydenko N.
Rusedski G.
6-26-2
Tursunov D.
Ancic M.
5-76-47-63
Mathieu P.
Gonzalez F.
6-33-67-64
Ljubicic I.
Blake J.
6-36-4
R64
Djokovic N.
Hanescu V.
4-1
Clement A.
Kiefer N.
6-41-67-66
Vliegen K.
Rochus C.
3-67-636-2
Dent T.
Grosjean S.
6-47-64
Haas T.
Pavel A.
7-666-4
Mirnyi M.
Massu N.
6-26-3
Blake J.
Rochus O.
6-46-3
Lopez F.
Malisse X.
4-67-626-4
Lisnard J.
Mahut N.
6-31-67-65
Berdych T.
Novak J.
7-56-3
Wawrinka S.
Serra F.
6-36-4
Verdasco F.
Lapentti N.
6-757-57-5
Santoro F.
Nieminen J.
6-787-646-3
Rusedski G.
Seppi A.
6-36-4
Mathieu P.
Sanguinetti D.
5-77-646-4
Tursunov D.
Spadea V.
6-16-2