James Blake vs Ricardo Mello — Indianapolis Round of 16

Indianapolis · ATP · Round of 16
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 July 2007
hard
BRA
Ricardo Mello
45 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Blake J.
6-4 6-2
Mello R.
Blake J.
662
Mello R.
42–

James Blake defeated Ricardo Mello 6-4 6-2 in the Indianapolis round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — James Blake came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending the title. James Blake extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-02-14MemphisR32hardJames Blake6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Mello R.

Mello R.serving80% hold

wins 63% 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.Mello R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.0
2.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 56). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Mello R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
54
39
Break points saved·Clear edge
88
68
Break points won·Slight edge
51
43
Deciding sets·Slight edge
54
46
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
55
47

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

Draw

Final
Tursunov D.
Dancevic F.
6-47-5
Semi-finals
Dancevic F.
Roddick A.
6-47-61
Tursunov D.
Querrey S.
7-656-2
Quarter-finals
Tursunov D.
Nishikori K.
6-16-4
Querrey S.
Blake J.
7-666-747-64
Roddick A.
Lee H.
6-36-776-1
Dancevic F.
Kunitsyn I.
6-47-63
R16
Kunitsyn I.
Fish M.
6-4
Blake J.
Mello R.
6-46-2
Nishikori K.
Berrer M.
6-33-66-1
Lee H.
Goldstein P.
6-36-3
Dancevic F.
del Potro J.
3-67-656-4
Tursunov D.
Gabashvili T.
6-30-66-2
Querrey S.
Karlovic I.
5-77-57-66
Roddick A.
Korolev E.
6-36-2
R32
Goldstein P.
Kendrick R.
6-46-4
Roddick A.
Kuznetsov A.
6-46-0
Korolev E.
Gimelstob J.
6-26-4
Lee H.
Young D.
6-26-4
Fish M.
Spadea V.
2-67-57-5
Kunitsyn I.
Giraldo S.
6-21-67-5
del Potro J.
Delic A.
7-57-65
Dancevic F.
Becker B.
6-46-3
Berrer M.
Ginepri R.
3-66-26-1
Nishikori K.
Falla A.
6-46-3
Gabashvili T.
Ram R.
7-53-66-4
Tursunov D.
Russell M.
6-37-5
Karlovic I.
Sa A.
6-46-757-63
Querrey S.
Benneteau J.
7-666-1
Mello R.
Monfils G.
6-46-4
Blake J.
Johansson T.
7-57-69