From 11/02 issue of People magazine. Text reads: "I never really thought of myself as a good-looking guy," Blake told PEOPLE in July. James Blake's spectacular performance at the U.S. Open last year made for a couple of memorable photo ops. First came the pictures of the unseeded tennis player in action against top-ranked Lleyton Hewitt, published in sports pages across the country. Then came the pictures of a dehydrated Blake throwing up on court, circulated via e-mail by his pals. "It is good to have friends like that," says the 22- year-old. "I appreciate them keeping me down-to-earth!" Since his debut, the 6'1" Blake, who left Harvard in 1999 after two years to turn pro, has soared from 219th to 28th in the rankings -- and signed with a modeling agency. "Everybody makes fun of him for that," says brother Thomas, 25, who's also on the pro tour and lives with James in Tampa. "People are calling him GQ." All the hubbub aside, Blake remains close to dad Thomas, 55, a salesman, and mom Betty, 67, a tennis-club administrator. He's currently without a girlfriend, which Harvard pal Camila McLean, 23, attributes to shyness. "He never wants to be the 'Hel-LO, I'm James Blake' kind of guy,' " she says. "But he needs to figure out how to work that into his mojo!"