Jiri Novak vs James Blake, Dusseldorf 2003, Round robin

Team event · Round robin · Clay

Final

Jiri Novak

LostRank #930

Blake won in 3 sets · 1h 48m

1–2

Set 15–7

Set 26–4

Set 33–6

James Blake

WinnerRank #1020

Venue

Rochusclub Dusseldorfer Tennisclub

Dusseldorf, GER· Clay

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

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Wind

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Humidity

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Temperature

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Altitude

67 m

Low

Match stats

1h 48m

2Aces1

4Double faults2

54Service points won59

15Service games played16

9Service games won11

16Return games played15

5/1145%Break points saved38%3/8

5/863%Break points converted55%6/11

Head to head

4Novak

1Blake

5 meetings

Clay 3–1Hard 1–0

DusseldorfRound robin · 2003ClayThis match
James Blake
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 4Set 3: 6
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 1Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 3
Rome MastersRound of 64 · 4 May 2004Clay
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 2Set 1: 2Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
James Blake
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 1
Canada MastersRound of 32 · 7 Aug 2003Hard
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6
James Blake
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁵Set 2: 3
Hamburg MastersRound of 64 · 2002Clay
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6
James Blake
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁴Set 2: 2
Rome MastersQuarterfinal · 2002Clay
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 7⁹Set 3: 6
James Blake
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 6⁷Set 3: 4

Form and path

Jiri Novak1–5

HeraklionHard

PragueHard

LQualifying R1
Federico Arnaboldi
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4

OpavaClay

LQualifying R1
Gibril Diarra
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 1Set 2: 2

LiberecCarpet

LQualifying R1
Dominik Nazaruk
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁷
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 6²

OlomoucCarpet

LQualifying R1
Linus Frost
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7
Jiri Novak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 1Set 2: 5

James Blake2–4

US OpenHard

LRound of 128
Ivo Karlovic
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6²Set 2: 3Set 3: 6Set 4: 7⁷Set 5: 7⁷
James Blake
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6Set 3: 4Set 4: 6²Set 5: 6²

Winston-SalemHard

Cincinnati MastersHard

WashingtonHard

LRound of 64
Marinko Matosevic
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁸
James Blake
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 6⁶

Match research

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Everything that shapes this match: each player’s run-in and travel, records side by side, and results against similar opponents and in similar conditions. Better information, better-informed decisions.

Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Jiri Novak vs James Blake, Dusseldorf 2003, Round robin

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research