James Blake vs Ivan Ljubicic — Queen's Club Round of 32

Queen's Club · ATP · Round of 32
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 June 2009
grass
CRO
Ivan Ljubicic
47 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
6-2 7-6
Ljubicic I.
Blake J.
6772
Ljubicic I.
264–

James Blake defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-2 7-6 in the Queen's Club round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Ivan Ljubicic came in leading the head-to-head 4–1. James Blake narrowed the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

  • Match story: James Blake closed it out in two sets, 6–2 7–6.

Head to head

1–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-09-25BangkokFhardJames Blake6-3 6-1
2006-05-22DusseldorfRRclayIvan Ljubicic5-7 6-3 7-6(4)
2005-10-31Paris MastersR32hardIvan Ljubicic6-3 6-4
2003-05-26Roland GarrosR64clayIvan Ljubicic6-3 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4
2003-02-07Davis Cup WG R1: CRO vs USARRcarpetIvan Ljubicic6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Ljubicic I.

Ljubicic I.serving92% hold

wins 72% 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.Ljubicic I.
1st serve in·Even
57%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
77%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
50%
Service points won·Even
63%
66%
Return points won·Even
36%
35%
Break points saved·Even
61%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.7
11.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.1
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (150 vs 151). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Ljubicic I.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
54
64
Break points saved·Even
88
91
Break points won·Clear edge
51
35
Deciding sets·Dominant
54
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
55
80

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
15°COvercast
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 60%

Draw

Final
Murray A.
Blake J.
7-56-4
Semi-finals
Blake J.
Roddick A.
4-4
Murray A.
Ferrero J.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Roddick A.
Karlovic I.
7-647-65
Blake J.
Youzhny M.
7-656-3
Murray A.
Fish M.
7-56-3
Ferrero J.
Darcis S.
4-66-36-4
R16
Darcis S.
Monfils G.
W/O
Roddick A.
Hewitt L.
7-627-64
Karlovic I.
Mahut N.
6-36-4
Murray A.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-46-4
Fish M.
Lopez F.
6-16-4
Ferrero J.
Malisse X.
6-47-64
Blake J.
Querrey S.
6-44-66-3
Youzhny M.
Simon G.
6-12-66-2
R32
Malisse X.
De Voest R.
7-667-68
Simon G.
Dimitrov G.
7-677-65
Mahut N.
Cilic M.
7-617-64
Roddick A.
Vliegen K.
6-16-4
Blake J.
Ljubicic I.
6-27-64
Garcia Lopez G.
Muller G.
7-636-3
Lopez F.
Istomin D.
7-634-67-65
Fish M.
Llodra M.
5-77-656-3
Monfils G.
Golubev A.
6-33-67-65
Darcis S.
Martin A.
6-26-4
Ferrero J.
Mathieu P.
6-46-4
Querrey S.
Anderson K.
7-56-3
Youzhny M.
Baghdatis M.
6-47-63
Murray A.
Seppi A.
6-16-4
Karlovic I.
Benneteau J.
7-676-746-2
Hewitt L.
Gil F.
3-66-26-2
R64
Malisse X.
Andujar P.
5-0
Ferrero J.
Grosjean S.
6-22-1
Lopez F.
Kendrick R.
7-637-63
Llodra M.
Korolev E.
6-36-4
Youzhny M.
Hernandez O.
6-46-2
Vliegen K.
Mayer L.
7-636-4
Gil F.
Gimeno Traver D.
6-16-3
Hewitt L.
Schwank E.
6-16-0
Karlovic I.
Gabashvili T.
6-37-611
Benneteau J.
Koellerer D.
6-36-4
Mahut N.
Tipsarevic J.
6-06-4
Dimitrov G.
Navarro I.
6-44-66-3
Baghdatis M.
Ward J.
6-26-3
Querrey S.
Chardy J.
7-6106-4
Anderson K.
Fognini F.
6-37-63
Ljubicic I.
Stakhovsky S.
4-66-46-4
Mathieu P.
Pavel A.
6-47-66
Martin A.
Gulbis E.
7-696-4
Seppi A.
Ginepri R.
5-77-646-3
Muller G.
Goodall J.
6-37-67
Garcia Lopez G.
Lu Y.
6-16-1
Istomin D.
Minar I.
3-66-16-2
Golubev A.
Reynolds B.
6-24-67-63
Darcis S.
Capdeville P.
3-66-36-4