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Ivan Ljubicic #55 def. Albert Portas #96

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 17, 2003*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Albert Portas
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Albert Portas
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	9
First serve %	53	56
First serve points won %	74	68
Second serve points won %	56	32
Break points saved %	100	70
Break points converted %	30	0
Service points won %	65	52
Return points won %	48	35
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Albert Portas
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Nov 15, 1973
Age	24	29
Height	193	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	55	96
Ranking points (entering)	725	427
Elo (entering)	1,728	1,528
Career W-L	400–282	142–198
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$2,972,633

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 1 – 1 Albert Portas

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2003	R64	Mariano Zabaleta	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2003	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-1 4-6 6-7(8)	L	H2H	Match data

Albert Portas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2003	R64	Andy Roddick	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data