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US OPEN MEN'S PROFILES

(9) James Blake
PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS:	66/1
NATIONALITY:	USA
BIRTH DATE:	28/12/79
BECAME PRO:	1999
WORLD RANKING:	9

VERDICT

Blake plays his best tennis on the hardcourts and has been a solid performer here, reaching the quarter-finals in 2005 and 2006 while he made the last 16 last year. The American also reached the last eight on the hard court in Australia and despite poor performances at the French Open and Wimbledon, Blake will be full of confidence in his homeland. His recent performances on the hard courts have been solid too, reaching the last eight of the Rogers Cup and the semi-finals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99
Australian Open	QF	4R	3R	2R	4R	3R	2R	-	-	-
French Open	2R	1R	3R	2R	-	2R	2R	-	-	-
Wimbledon	2R	3R	3R	1R	-	2R	2R	-	-	-
US Open	-	4R	QF	QF	-	-	3R	2R	-	1R

Men's Profiles

(1) R Nadal
(2) R Federer
(3) N Djokovic
(4) D Ferrer
(5) N Davydenko
(6) A Murray
(7) D Nalbandian
(8) A Roddick
(9) J Blake
(10) S Wawrinka
(11) F Gonzalez
(12) R Gasquet
(13) F Verdasco
(14) I Karlovic
(15) T Robredo
(16) G Simon
(17) J M Del Potro
(18) N Almagro
(19) J-W Tsonga
(20) N Kiefer
(21) M Youzhny (wd)
(22) T Berdych
(23) I Andreev
(24) P-H Mathieu
(25) P Kohlschreiber
(26) D Tursunov
(27) F Lopez
(28) R Stepanek
(29) J Monaco
(30) M Cilic
(31) A Seppi
(32) G Monfils

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