James Blake vs Olivier Rochus — Stockholm Round of 32

Stockholm · 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, 17 October 2011
hard
BEL
Olivier Rochus
45 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Blake J.
7-6 6-3
Rochus O.
Blake J.
7862
Rochus O.
663–

James Blake defeated Olivier Rochus 7-6 6-3 in the Stockholm round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — James Blake came in leading the head-to-head 4–1, defending last year's quarter-final. James Blake extended the head-to-head to 5–1.

Key context

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

Head to head

4–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-08-31US OpenR64hardJames Blake6-4 3-6 7-6(6) 6-3
2006-10-09StockholmQFhardJames Blake6-7(3) 6-4 6-2
2005-10-31Paris MastersR64hardJames Blake6-4 6-3
2005-10-10StockholmSFhardJames Blake6-4 6-3
2005-09-23Davis Cup WG PO: BEL vs USARRclayOlivier Rochus6-4 7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Rochus O.

Rochus O.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.Rochus O.
1st serve in·Even
56%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
60%
Return points won·Even
36%
35%
Break points saved·Even
61%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.4
1.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.2
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (77 vs 79). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Rochus O.
Clutch Rating·Even
54
54
Break points saved·Even
88
85
Break points won·Even
51
47
Deciding sets·Slight edge
54
63
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
55
48

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
8°COvercast
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 82%

Draw

Final
Monfils G.
Nieminen J.
7-53-66-2
Semi-finals
Monfils G.
Raonic M.
6-766-46-3
Nieminen J.
Blake J.
7-655-76-2
Quarter-finals
Blake J.
Nalbandian D.
W/O
Monfils G.
Anderson K.
7-57-5
Raonic M.
Dimitrov G.
7-56-4
Nieminen J.
Kamke T.
3-67-56-1
R16
Dimitrov G.
Chela J.
6-25-76-1
Anderson K.
Haas T.
6-736-46-4
Monfils G.
Tomic B.
6-46-746-4
Raonic M.
Petzschner P.
6-36-3
Kamke T.
Rieschick S.
6-36-1
Nieminen J.
Wawrinka S.
6-36-4
Nalbandian D.
Dodig I.
6-16-1
Blake J.
del Potro J.
6-46-4
R32
Anderson K.
Garcia Lopez G.
7-617-64
Dodig I.
Mannarino A.
7-657-66
Haas T.
Devvarman S.
7-646-4
Tomic B.
Zopp J.
7-654-66-0
Dimitrov G.
Sweeting R.
6-36-1
Petzschner P.
Kubot L.
6-27-5
Nieminen J.
Copil M.
6-37-64
Nalbandian D.
Malisse X.
4-67-667-63
Blake J.
Rochus O.
7-666-3
Rieschick S.
Ryderstedt M.
6-43-66-3
Kamke T.
Robredo T.
6-26-3
Raonic M.
Baghdatis M.
7-656-746-4