James Blake vs Robin Soderling — Stockholm Semi-final

Stockholm · ATP · Semi-final
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 October 2006
hard
SWE
Robin Soderling
41 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWLWWLWW
Blake J.
7-5 7-6
Soderling R.
Blake J.
7772
Soderling R.
564–

James Blake defeated Robin Soderling 7-5 7-6 in the Stockholm semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Robin Soderling came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. James Blake claimed a first win over Robin Soderling in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-05-18DusseldorfRRclayRobin Soderling5-7 6-3 6-0
2007-05-20DusseldorfRRclayRobin Soderling6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Soderling R.

Soderling R.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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.Soderling R.
1st serve in·Even
57%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
78%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
53%
Service points won·Even
64%
68%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.0
9.3
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
3.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Soderling R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
54
74
Break points saved·Even
88
92
Break points won·Clear edge
51
71
Deciding sets·Dominant
54
80
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
55
67

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
11°CMainly clear
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 59%

Draw

Final
Blake J.
Nieminen J.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Blake J.
Soderling R.
7-57-64
Nieminen J.
Johansson J.
7-686-756-3
Quarter-finals
Johansson J.
Vliegen K.
6-757-657-67
Nieminen J.
Lopez F.
6-37-5
Soderling R.
Berdych T.
6-26-3
Blake J.
Rochus O.
6-736-46-2
R16
Vliegen K.
Dancevic F.
3-66-36-4
Johansson J.
Nadal R.
6-47-64
Blake J.
Greul S.
6-36-2
Rochus O.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-756-2
Berdych T.
Vinciguerra A.
4-67-57-5
Soderling R.
Bjorkman J.
6-06-2
Nieminen J.
Gicquel M.
6-36-2
Lopez F.
Ferrer D.
3-66-36-2
R32
Lopez F.
Monaco J.
2-1
Vliegen K.
Massu N.
6-26-4
Dancevic F.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-46-1
Johansson J.
Sanguinetti D.
6-46-4
Nadal R.
Sluiter R.
6-46-2
Blake J.
Johansson T.
6-36-2
Greul S.
Eleskovic E.
6-46-2
Srichaphan P.
Fish M.
7-653-66-1
Rochus O.
Spadea V.
6-36-4
Berdych T.
Phau B.
6-36-2
Vinciguerra A.
Devilder N.
6-46-1
Bjorkman J.
Wessels P.
7-56-2
Soderling R.
Rochus C.
6-16-2
Nieminen J.
Llodra M.
6-46-4
Gicquel M.
Marray J.
6-47-63
Ferrer D.
Seppi A.
6-16-4