James Blake

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James Blake is an American former professional tennis player who reached a career-high world No. 4 ranking and was known for his powerful forehand and speed on the court.

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James Blake canonical 1

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instanceOf American tennis player ⓘ
human ⓘ
tennis player ⓘ
advocacy racial justice ⓘ
ATPdoublesTitles 7 ⓘ
ATPsinglesTitles 10 ⓘ
authorOf Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life ⓘ
bestGrandSlamResultAustralianOpen quarterfinals ⓘ
bestGrandSlamResultFrenchOpen third round ⓘ
bestGrandSlamResultUSOpen quarterfinals ⓘ
bestGrandSlamResultWimbledon fourth round ⓘ
careerHighATPdoublesRanking 31 ⓘ
careerHighATPsinglesRanking 4 ⓘ
careerHighATPsinglesRankingDate 2006-11-20 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1979-12-28 ⓘ
DavisCupTitle 2007 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African-American
familyName Blake ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Connecticut Tennis Hall of Fame ⓘ
handedness right-handed ⓘ
hasSibling Thomas Blake ⓘ
knownFor powerful forehand ⓘ
speed on the court ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam United States Davis Cup team ⓘ
notableEvent detained by New York City police in a mistaken-identity incident in 2015 ⓘ
father died of stomach cancer in 2004 ⓘ
notableInjuryOrIllness broke his neck in a practice accident in 2004 ⓘ
developed shingles in 2004 ⓘ
occupation sports commentator ⓘ
tennis player ⓘ
OlympicEvent men's singles tennis ⓘ
OlympicGamesParticipation 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
participatedIn Davis Cup ⓘ
placeOfBirth Yonkers, New York ⓘ
surface form: Yonkers, New York, United States
plays right-handed (two-handed backhand) ⓘ
postRetirementActivity tennis commentator for Tennis Channel ⓘ
tournament director at Miami Open ⓘ
reachedRound 2008 Olympic semifinals in men's singles ⓘ
residence Tampa, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Tampa, Florida, United States
retired 2013 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
siblingOccupation tennis player ⓘ
sport tennis ⓘ
surfaceStrength hard court specialist ⓘ
turnedPro 1999 ⓘ
usedClothingBrand Fila ⓘ
usedRacketBrand Dunlop ⓘ

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