James Blake vs Mikhail Youzhny — Queen's Club Quarter-final

Queen's Club · ATP · Quarter-final
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 June 2009
grass
RUS
Mikhail Youzhny
44 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
Blake J.
7-6 6-3
Youzhny M.
Blake J.
7762
Youzhny M.
653–

James Blake defeated Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 6-3 in the Queen's Club quarter-final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Mikhail Youzhny came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. James Blake narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: James Blake closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-05-27Roland GarrosR128clayMikhail Youzhny6-2 6-1 6-2
2007-11-30Davis Cup WG F: USA vs RUSRRhardJames Blake6-3 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 7-6(3)
2006-09-22Davis Cup WG SF: RUS vs USARRclayMikhail Youzhny7-5 1-6 6-1 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Youzhny M.

Youzhny M.serving87% hold

wins 68% 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.Youzhny M.
1st serve in·Even
57%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
63%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.6
3.6
Double faults / match·Even
3.1
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (150 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Youzhny M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
54
63
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
93
Break points won·Slight edge
51
41
Deciding sets·Clear edge
54
68
Tiebreaks·Dominant
55
83

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