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Gael Monfils #59 def. Ivan Ljubicic #30

7-6(1) 4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	7-6(1) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 51m

Stat	Gael Monfils	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	12	10
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	56	60
First serve points won %	83	70
Second serve points won %	50	47
Break points saved %	25	50
Break points converted %	50	75
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	FRA	CRO
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Mar 19, 1979
Age	21	29
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	59	30
Ranking points (entering)	613	1,005
Elo (entering)	1,796	1,862
Career W-L	569–356	400–282
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 1 – 3 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jurgen Melzer	4-6 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Luis Horna	7-6(5) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Arnaud Clement	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	David Ferrer	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	4-6 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Diego Junqueira	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Eric Prodon	7-5 7-6(6) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data