James Blake (tennis player)
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James Blake is a retired American professional tennis player known for his powerful forehand, speed, and top-10 world ranking in the mid-2000s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Blake (tennis player) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2437313 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Blake (tennis player) Context triple: [White Plains High School, hasAlumnus, James Blake (tennis player)]
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A.
Tom Murray
Tom Murray was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for his supporting roles in early Hollywood productions.
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B.
Nicholas Wisdom
Nicholas Wisdom is a British philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of mind and language, and as the son of comedian Norman Wisdom.
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C.
Scott Gardenhour
Scott Gardenhour is an American film and commercial producer known for his work on high-profile projects including the action-thriller "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
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D.
Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson is a former American basketball player best known as a dominant center for Oregon State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s and later an NBA veteran.
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E.
Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor is a British political strategist and policy expert best known for serving as Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and as a former head of the Number 10 Policy Unit under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Blake (tennis player) Target entity description: James Blake is a retired American professional tennis player known for his powerful forehand, speed, and top-10 world ranking in the mid-2000s.
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A.
Tom Murray
Tom Murray was an American character actor of the silent film era, known for his supporting roles in early Hollywood productions.
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B.
Nicholas Wisdom
Nicholas Wisdom is a British philosopher known for his work in the philosophy of mind and language, and as the son of comedian Norman Wisdom.
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C.
Scott Gardenhour
Scott Gardenhour is an American film and commercial producer known for his work on high-profile projects including the action-thriller "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi."
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D.
Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson is a former American basketball player best known as a dominant center for Oregon State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s and later an NBA veteran.
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E.
Matthew Taylor
Matthew Taylor is a British political strategist and policy expert best known for serving as Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and as a former head of the Number 10 Policy Unit under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American tennis player
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human ⓘ professional tennis player ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| advocatesFor | police reform and accountability ⓘ |
| bestGrandSlamResultSingles |
quarterfinals at the Australian Open 2008
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quarterfinals at the US Open 2005 ⓘ quarterfinals at the US Open 2006 ⓘ |
| capturedTitle | 2006 ATP Tour Championships runner-up in singles ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1979-12-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfHighestDoublesRanking | 2003-03-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfHighestSinglesRanking | 2006-11-20 ⓘ |
| defeated | Roger Federer at the 2008 Olympic Games men’s singles quarterfinal ⓘ |
| doublesTitles | 7 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Blake ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| handedness | right-handed ⓘ |
| hasMedicalCondition |
Zoster (shingles) leading to temporary facial paralysis
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fractured neck vertebra (2004 practice accident) ⓘ scoliosis ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Thomas Blake ⓘ |
| highestDoublesRanking | 31 ⓘ |
| highestSinglesRanking | 4 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aggressive baseline play
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comeback after serious injuries and illness ⓘ powerful forehand ⓘ speed ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | United States Davis Cup team ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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tennis player ⓘ |
| participatedIn | 2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Yonkers, New York, United States
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linked to:
Yonkers, New York
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| plays | right-handed (two-handed backhand) ⓘ |
| positionHeld | tournament director of the Miami Open ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2007 for Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life ⓘ |
| reachedRound | 2008 Olympic Games men’s singles semifinal ⓘ |
| representedCountry |
United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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linked to:
Team USA
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| residence |
Tampa, Florida, United States
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linked to:
Tampa, Florida
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| retired | 2013 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| singlesTitles | 10 ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life ⓘ |
| surfaceStrength | hard courts ⓘ |
| turnedPro | 1999 ⓘ |
| wasDetainedBy | New York City Police Department in 2015 mistaken-identity incident ⓘ |
| won | 2007 Davis Cup with the United States team ⓘ |
| wrote | Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Blake (tennis player) Description of subject: James Blake is a retired American professional tennis player known for his powerful forehand, speed, and top-10 world ranking in the mid-2000s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.