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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Ivan Ljubicic #11

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 24, 2005*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	3h 53m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	6	32
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	77	66
First serve points won %	72	77
Second serve points won %	36	51
Break points saved %	62	56
Break points converted %	44	38
Service points won %	64	69
Return points won %	31	36
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 19, 1979
Age	19	26
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	11
Ranking points (entering)	4,940	1,765
Elo (entering)	2,142	1,973
Career W-L	1,045–225	400–282
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2005	SF	Robby Ginepri	7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2005	QF	Radek Stepanek	7-6(9) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2005	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2005	R32	Victor Hanescu	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2005	SF	David Nalbandian	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2005	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	4-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2005	R16	Olivier Rochus	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2005	R32	Alberto Martin	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data