James Blake vs Philip Bester — Canada Masters Round of 64

Canada 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, 7 August 2006
hard
CAN
Philip Bester
37 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
6-4 6-1
Bester P.
Blake J.
662
Bester P.
41–

James Blake defeated Philip Bester 6-4 6-1 in the Canada Masters round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Philip Bester came in defending last year's round of 64, but James Blake had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 9 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Bester P.

Bester P.serving82% hold

wins 64% 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.Bester P.
1st serve in·Even
57%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
61%
58%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.0
4.4
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 58). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
28°COvercast
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 58%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Gasquet R.
2-66-36-2
Semi-finals
Gasquet R.
Murray A.
6-27-5
Federer R.
Gonzalez F.
6-15-76-3
Quarter-finals
Gonzalez F.
Acasuso J.
6-17-5
Federer R.
Malisse X.
7-646-756-3
Murray A.
Nieminen J.
6-46-706-3
Gasquet R.
Berdych T.
6-46-1
R16
Federer R.
Tursunov D.
6-35-76-0
Acasuso J.
Benneteau J.
6-37-64
Malisse X.
Johansson T.
7-676-3
Gonzalez F.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-747-63
Murray A.
Moya C.
6-26-4
Nieminen J.
Sanguinetti D.
3-66-37-610
Gasquet R.
Verdasco F.
6-04-66-2
Berdych T.
Nadal R.
6-13-66-2
R32
Johansson T.
Hewitt L.
6-33-2
Tursunov D.
Haas T.
7-52-66-1
Murray A.
Henman T.
6-27-63
Moya C.
Gremelmayr D.
6-16-4
Malisse X.
Srichaphan P.
7-636-3
Acasuso J.
Robredo T.
2-66-36-4
Benneteau J.
Hrbaty D.
7-625-76-1
Ljubicic I.
Clement A.
7-666-4
Gonzalez F.
Ferrero J.
6-26-1
Nadal R.
Lee H.
6-46-3
Berdych T.
Youzhny M.
7-636-4
Federer R.
Grosjean S.
6-36-3
Verdasco F.
Kim K.
6-36-2
Gasquet R.
Blake J.
6-46-3
Sanguinetti D.
Hernych J.
6-47-64
Nieminen J.
Dancevic F.
6-26-3
R64
Murray A.
Ferrer D.
6-27-66
Acasuso J.
Phau B.
7-57-618
Federer R.
Mathieu P.
6-36-4
Grosjean S.
Serra F.
6-36-2
Tursunov D.
Bracciali D.
4-66-16-4
Haas T.
Mirnyi M.
6-36-3
Hewitt L.
Chela J.
3-66-27-5
Johansson T.
Lopez F.
5-76-46-3
Srichaphan P.
Simon G.
6-46-2
Malisse X.
Davydenko N.
6-37-5
Ljubicic I.
Almagro N.
7-56-1
Clement A.
Martin A.
6-26-1
Gremelmayr D.
Vliegen K.
7-626-2
Moya C.
Gaudio G.
6-16-4
Henman T.
Bjorkman J.
6-26-3
Hrbaty D.
Kendrick R.
6-46-4
Nieminen J.
Gabashvili T.
6-47-5
Dancevic F.
Polansky P.
7-636-3
Hernych J.
Mahut N.
6-36-3
Sanguinetti D.
Nalbandian D.
6-16-2
Blake J.
Bester P.
6-46-1
Gasquet R.
Santoro F.
6-46-3
Verdasco F.
Ram R.
3-66-16-4
Kim K.
Ginepri R.
3-67-56-3
Berdych T.
Nestor D.
6-47-5
Youzhny M.
Rusedski G.
6-46-2
Lee H.
Falla A.
6-06-756-1
Nadal R.
Massu N.
6-36-2
Ferrero J.
Goldstein P.
7-56-2
Robredo T.
Safin M.
7-55-76-2
Gonzalez F.
Soderling R.
6-34-66-2
Benneteau J.
Baghdatis M.
5-76-26-3