James Blake vs Lleyton Hewitt — Las Vegas Final

Las Vegas · ATP · Final
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 27 February 2006
hard
AUS
Lleyton Hewitt
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
7-5 2-6 6-3
Hewitt L.
Blake J.
7262
Hewitt L.
5631

James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7-5 2-6 6-3 in the Las Vegas final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lleyton Hewitt came in leading the head-to-head 8–0. James Blake claimed a first win over Lleyton Hewitt in nine meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 8–1.

Key context

  • Match story: James Blake closed it out in three sets, 7–5 2–6 6–3.

Head to head

0–8
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-02-16MemphisR32hardLleyton Hewitt3-6 6-1 6-4
2006-06-12Queen's ClubFgrassLleyton Hewitt6-4 6-4
2005-01-17Australian OpenR64hardLleyton Hewitt4-6 7-6(8) 6-0 6-3
2003-05-19DusseldorfRRclayLleyton Hewitt6-3 6-3
2002-08-26US OpenR32hardLleyton Hewitt6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3
2002-03-18Miami MastersR16hardLleyton Hewitt6-4 6-1
2001-10-01TokyoSFhardLleyton Hewitt6-4 6-0
2001-08-27US OpenR64hardLleyton Hewitt6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Hewitt L.

Hewitt L.serving83% hold

wins 65% 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.Hewitt L.
1st serve in·Even
57%
54%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
39%
Break points saved·Even
61%
60%
Aces / match·Even
6.0
6.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.0
3.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Hewitt L.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
54
63
Break points saved·Even
88
88
Break points won·Slight edge
51
57
Deciding sets·Clear edge
54
71
Tiebreaks·Even
55
58

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

Draw

Final
Blake J.
Hewitt L.
7-52-66-3
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Goldstein P.
3-66-16-0
Blake J.
Karlovic I.
7-626-1
Quarter-finals
Goldstein P.
Malisse X.
6-32-0
Hewitt L.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-26-0
Blake J.
Carlsen K.
6-46-4
Karlovic I.
Robredo T.
7-646-4
R16
Carlsen K.
Kiefer N.
W/O
Kohlschreiber P.
Benneteau J.
6-36-2
Blake J.
Vahaly B.
6-16-1
Robredo T.
Fish M.
6-46-4
Karlovic I.
Bjorkman J.
3-66-36-4
Malisse X.
Luczak P.
6-44-66-4
Hewitt L.
Hernych J.
6-36-3
Goldstein P.
Spadea V.
6-26-1
R32
Benneteau J.
Soderling R.
6-47-60
Hernych J.
Pless K.
6-36-3
Hewitt L.
Mayer F.
5-76-26-4
Goldstein P.
Ginepri R.
6-746-36-1
Kohlschreiber P.
Verdasco F.
6-747-56-2
Luczak P.
Tursunov D.
6-47-67
Kiefer N.
Sargsian S.
6-36-2
Carlsen K.
Zib T.
6-46-3
Vahaly B.
Querrey S.
3-67-636-3
Blake J.
Srichaphan P.
7-636-0
Spadea V.
Capdeville P.
6-36-2
Karlovic I.
Sanguinetti D.
6-26-4
Bjorkman J.
Monfils G.
7-686-3
Fish M.
Amritraj P.
6-47-64
Robredo T.
Murray A.
6-26-2
Malisse X.
Mirnyi M.
6-44-66-4