James Blake vs Robin Soderling, Dusseldorf 2008, Round robin

Team event · Round robin · Clay

Final

James Blake

LostRank #1020

Soderling won in 3 sets · 1h 32m

1–2

Set 17–5

Set 23–6

Set 30–6

Robin Soderling

WinnerRank #195

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.

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Wind

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Humidity

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Temperature

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Altitude

63 m

Low

Match stats

1h 32m

10Aces9

2Double faults4

44Service points won58

13Service games played14

9Service games won13

14Return games played13

6/1060%Break points saved80%4/5

1/520%Break points converted40%4/10

Head to head

1Blake

2Soderling

3 meetings

Clay 0–2Hard 1–0

DusseldorfRound robin · 2008ClayThis match
Robin Soderling
Sets won: 2Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
James Blake
Sets won: 1Set 1: 7Set 2: 3Set 3: 0
DusseldorfRound robin · 2007Clay
Robin Soderling
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
James Blake
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 3
StockholmSemifinal · 14 Oct 2006Hard
James Blake
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 7⁷
Robin Soderling
Sets won: 0Set 1: 5Set 2: 6⁴

Form and path

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

Robin Soderling5–1

BastadClay

WimbledonGrass

Match research

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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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James Blake vs Robin Soderling, Dusseldorf 2008, Round robin

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research