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Ivan Ljubicic #13 def. Julien Benneteau #57

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 23, 2007*
Tournament	S Hertogenbosch
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	7-6(1) 3-6 6-4
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Julien Benneteau
Aces	16	8
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	60	67
First serve points won %	82	74
Second serve points won %	56	52
Break points saved %	80	83
Break points converted %	17	20
Service points won %	71	66
Return points won %	34	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Julien Benneteau
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Dec 20, 1981
Age	28	25
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	57
Ranking points (entering)	1,885	590
Elo (entering)	1,904	1,687
Career W-L	400–282	269–292
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 2 – 1 Julien Benneteau

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2007	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	6-3 6-7(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2007	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2007	R32	Gael Monfils	3-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2007	F	Peter Wessels	7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 2007	QF	Michael Berrer	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2007	R16	Robin Haase	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2007	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data