James Blake vs Florent Serra — Estoril Quarter-final

Estoril · ATP · Quarter-final
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 3 May 2009
clay
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
6-4 6-1
Serra F.
Blake J.
662
Serra F.
41–

James Blake defeated Florent Serra 6-4 6-1 in the Estoril quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Florent Serra came in defending last year's semi-final. James Blake extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-02-09San JoseR16hardJames Blake6-4 6-3
2007-03-19Miami MastersR64hardFlorent Serra7-6(8) 2-6 6-3
2007-03-05Indian Wells MastersR64hardJames Blake6-3 7-6(2)
2006-05-08Rome MastersR64clayFlorent Serra6-4 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Serra F.

Serra F.serving76% hold

wins 61% 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.Serra F.
1st serve in·Even
57%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
50%
Service points won·Even
63%
61%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
61%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.6
4.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.1
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (150 vs 164). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Serra F.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
54
40
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
83
Break points won·Clear edge
51
37
Deciding sets·Even
54
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
55
22

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Montanes A.
Blake J.
5-77-666-0
Semi-finals
Blake J.
Davydenko N.
6-737-626-3
Montanes A.
Capdeville P.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Davydenko N.
Fish M.
6-46-3
Capdeville P.
Hernandez O.
4-66-16-4
Montanes A.
Simon G.
5-76-47-64
Blake J.
Serra F.
6-46-1
R16
Serra F.
Monaco J.
6-31-66-3
Davydenko N.
Ferrero J.
7-56-2
Fish M.
Navarro I.
2-66-16-4
Blake J.
Gicquel M.
7-666-2
Capdeville P.
Gonzalez M.
2-66-26-3
Hernandez O.
Ferrer D.
6-26-4
Montanes A.
Greul S.
6-26-2
Simon G.
Fognini F.
6-07-5
R32
Ferrer D.
Gimeno Traver D.
6-46-1
Montanes A.
Sweeting R.
6-17-64
Greul S.
Hocevar R.
6-16-4
Fognini F.
Gaudio G.
6-36-4
Simon G.
Kendrick R.
6-37-67
Davydenko N.
Golubev A.
6-17-64
Navarro I.
Martin A.
7-56-4
Gonzalez M.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-46-3
Capdeville P.
Nalbandian D.
6-26-2
Serra F.
Junqueira D.
6-42-66-3
Monaco J.
Cuevas P.
6-26-4
Gicquel M.
Andujar P.
7-666-4
Blake J.
Gil F.
5-76-46-2
Fish M.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-4
Hernandez O.
Machado R.
7-51-67-5
Ferrero J.
Kukushkin M.
7-646-3