James Blake vs Juan Monaco — Houston Quarter-final

Houston · ATP · Quarter-final
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 April 2007
clay
ARG
Juan Monaco
42 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
7-6 1-6 7-6
Monaco J.
Blake J.
771772
Monaco J.
656601

James Blake defeated Juan Monaco 7-6 1-6 7-6 in the Houston quarter-final on clay. The result followed the form book — James Blake came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. James Blake extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: James Blake closed it out in three sets, 7–6 1–6 7–6.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-08-28US OpenR128hardJames Blake6-3 7-5 7-6(7)

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Monaco J.

Monaco J.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Serve advantage — Monaco 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.Monaco J.
1st serve in·Clear edge
57%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
53%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Slight edge
36%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.0
2.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.0
1.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Monaco J.
Clutch Rating·Even
54
51
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
82
Break points won·Even
51
55
Deciding sets·Slight edge
54
62
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
55
32

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
Karlovic I.
Zabaleta M.
6-46-1
Semi-finals
Zabaleta M.
Blake J.
7-57-67
Karlovic I.
Montanes A.
7-656-2
Quarter-finals
Montanes A.
Spadea V.
6-46-4
Karlovic I.
Haas T.
7-676-4
Zabaleta M.
Melzer J.
6-16-2
Blake J.
Monaco J.
7-651-67-60
R16
Karlovic I.
Hartfield D.
W/O
Zabaleta M.
Fish M.
7-56-4
Haas T.
Devilder N.
6-36-4
Spadea V.
Russell M.
7-632-66-1
Montanes A.
Vemic D.
6-44-66-4
Blake J.
Kuznetsov A.
7-646-1
Monaco J.
Delic A.
6-26-3
Melzer J.
Hanescu V.
6-46-2
R32
Russell M.
Goldstein P.
6-26-0
Spadea V.
Ginepri R.
6-33-66-3
Haas T.
Querrey S.
3-66-37-5
Devilder N.
Gimelstob J.
6-26-3
Hartfield D.
Grosjean S.
6-46-4
Blake J.
Sanguinetti D.
6-36-0
Kuznetsov A.
Burgsmuller L.
7-57-5
Delic A.
Kendrick R.
6-31-67-5
Monaco J.
Gambill J.
7-56-4
Fish M.
Vassallo Arguello M.
5-76-27-5
Zabaleta M.
Sweeting R.
6-07-68
Hanescu V.
Verkerk M.
6-46-4
Melzer J.
Schuettler R.
6-23-66-1
Karlovic I.
Becker B.
7-57-63
Montanes A.
Peya A.
6-36-2
Vemic D.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-36-0