Taylor Dent vs James Blake — Atlanta Round of 32

Atlanta · ATP · Round of 32
USA
Taylor Dent
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 July 2010
hard
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
Dent T.
6-3 3-6 6-4
Blake J.
Dent T.
6362
Blake J.
3641

Taylor Dent defeated James Blake 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the Atlanta round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — James Blake came in leading the head-to-head 4–1. Taylor Dent narrowed the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Taylor Dent closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 6–4.

Head to head

1–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-02-22Delray BeachR32hardJames Blake6-1 3-6 6-3
2004-03-08Indian Wells MastersR16hardJames Blake7-6(4) 4-6 6-1
2003-05-26Roland GarrosR128clayJames Blake6-4 6-3 7-6(3)
2002-07-08NewportFgrassTaylor Dent6-1 4-6 6-4
2002-02-18MemphisR16hardJames Blake2-6 6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Dent T.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Blake J.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Dent T.

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
Dent T.Blake J.
1st serve in·Even
56%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
49%
Service points won·Even
63%
63%
Return points won·Even
34%
36%
Break points saved·Even
62%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
7.8
5.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.6
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (30 vs 109). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Dent T.Blake J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
46
54
Break points saved·Clear edge
76
88
Break points won·Even
48
51
Deciding sets·Slight edge
43
54
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
62
55

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

Draw

Final
Fish M.
Isner J.
4-66-47-64
Semi-finals
Fish M.
Roddick A.
7-656-3
Isner J.
Anderson K.
6-36-776-3
Quarter-finals
Isner J.
Russell M.
6-16-2
Roddick A.
Malisse X.
4-66-36-4
Anderson K.
Lacko L.
6-36-4
Fish M.
Dent T.
6-36-0
R16
Dent T.
Zeballos H.
4-66-26-0
Roddick A.
Ram R.
6-16-716-3
Malisse X.
Marchenko I.
6-36-3
Fish M.
Ginepri R.
6-17-5
Anderson K.
Young D.
7-56-3
Lacko L.
Hewitt L.
6-46-2
Russell M.
Schuettler R.
1-66-27-5
Isner J.
Muller G.
4-67-667-67
R32
Young D.
Sela D.
7-56-0
Muller G.
Przysiezny M.
6-44-67-64
Lacko L.
Kunitsyn I.
4-67-647-64
Russell M.
Becker B.
6-36-3
Schuettler R.
Gabashvili T.
6-16-4
Ram R.
Beck K.
6-47-64
Marchenko I.
Vliegen K.
6-47-64
Dent T.
Blake J.
6-33-66-4
Ginepri R.
Lindahl N.
7-646-2
Fish M.
Ward J.
6-16-2
Malisse X.
Sweeting R.
7-616-3
Anderson K.
Tipsarevic J.
6-37-5