James Blake vs Vincent Spadea — Los Angeles Quarter-final

Los Angeles · ATP · Quarter-final
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 July 2007
hard
USA
Vincent Spadea
51 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
7-6 6-4
Spadea V.
Blake J.
7762
Spadea V.
624–

James Blake defeated Vincent Spadea 7-6 6-4 in the Los Angeles quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Vincent Spadea came in leading the head-to-head 6–2, defending last year's round of 32, but James Blake had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 7 on hard. James Blake narrowed the head-to-head to 6–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-02-09San JoseR32hardJames Blake6-3 6-4
2005-02-21ScottsdaleQFhardVincent Spadea7-6(6) 6-1
2005-02-07San JoseR16hardVincent Spadea6-3 6-0
2004-09-13Delray BeachR16hardVincent Spadea6-3 6-1
2004-03-22Miami MastersR128hardVincent Spadea6-7(12) 7-6(4) 6-1
2004-03-01ScottsdaleQFhardVincent Spadea6-4 2-6 7-5
2002-10-07ViennaR32hardJames Blake3-6 6-2 6-3
2002-06-10Queen's ClubR32grassVincent Spadea6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Spadea V.

Spadea V.serving82% hold

wins 64% 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.Spadea V.
1st serve in·Even
57%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
61%
58%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.0
3.5
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 94). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Spadea V.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
54
45
Break points saved·Clear edge
88
75
Break points won·Slight edge
51
45
Deciding sets·Even
54
53
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
55
46

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

Draw

Final
Stepanek R.
Blake J.
7-675-76-2
Semi-finals
Stepanek R.
Kiefer N.
W/O
Blake J.
Lee H.
6-34-66-3
Quarter-finals
Kiefer N.
Berrer M.
7-656-1
Stepanek R.
Fleishman Z.
6-46-2
Lee H.
Safin M.
4-67-56-4
Blake J.
Spadea V.
7-626-4
R16
Lee H.
Moodie W.
6-23-0
Blake J.
Goldstein P.
6-01-67-5
Fleishman Z.
Kendrick R.
7-646-3
Spadea V.
Tursunov D.
6-757-56-3
Safin M.
Bastl G.
6-22-66-4
Berrer M.
Mello R.
6-37-5
Kiefer N.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-2
Stepanek R.
Fish M.
6-26-2
R32
Stepanek R.
Bogdanovic A.
6-1
Blake J.
Peya A.
7-56-4
Goldstein P.
Garcia A.
6-35-76-4
Spadea V.
Alves T.
7-626-2
Tursunov D.
Udomchoke D.
6-16-4
Safin M.
Guccione C.
6-36-747-62
Bastl G.
Bozoljac I.
6-46-756-3
Moodie W.
Nishikori K.
6-36-2
Lee H.
Kim K.
6-36-2
Berrer M.
Delic A.
6-46-4
Mello R.
King P.
6-46-2
Kiefer N.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-3
Kunitsyn I.
Nalbandian D.
7-657-5
Fish M.
Querrey S.
7-56-4
Kendrick R.
Whitehouse W.
6-46-3
Fleishman Z.
Gonzalez F.
7-656-4