Potito Starace #64 def. Ivan Ljubicic #16

6-4 7-6(6)

Potito Starace defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-4 7-6(6) in the 2010 Croatia Open Umag quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatPotito StaraceIvan Ljubicic
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
07
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
03
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
81.9%53.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
64.7%70.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
66.7%41.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
60.0%70.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
65.1%56.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
30.0%40.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
43.2%34.9%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.8%46.2%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+1.7-6.6
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+6.6-1.7

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2010 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldPotito StaraceIvan Ljubicic
Country ITA CRO
Birth dateJul 14, 1981Mar 19, 1979
Age2931
Height188 cm193 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandOne-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)6416
Ranking points (entering)7602,200
Elo (entering)1,7441,893
Current career W-L147–189404–284
Current career earnings$3,796,316$10,181,121
Pre-match H2H
Potito Starace #64 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic #16

Path

Potito Starace's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Bjorn Phau #976-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 30, 2010R16
Sergiy Stakhovsky #486-3 6-7(5) 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 29, 2010R32

Potito Starace's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Juan Ignacio Chela #566-7(4) 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 31, 2010SF

Ivan Ljubicic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Ivan Dodig #1534-6 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 30, 2010R16