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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #7 def. Ivan Ljubicic #55

6-7(4) 7-6(8) 7-6(7) 6-2

Match Information

Date Jan 22, 2009*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score6-7(4) 7-6(8) 7-6(7) 6-2
Loser Ivan Ljubicic
Duration3h 13m
StatJo-Wilfried TsongaIvan Ljubicic
Aces1817
Double faults11
First serve %6661
First serve points won %8476
Second serve points won %5961
Break points saved %073
Break points converted %27100
Service points won %7571
Return points won %2925
Total points won %5248

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJo-Wilfried TsongaIvan Ljubicic
Country FRA CRO
Birth dateApr 17, 1985Mar 19, 1979
Age2329
Height188193
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)755
Ranking points (entering)3,9951,376
Elo (entering)1,9791,744
Career W-L445–228400–282
Career earnings$22,524,073$10,181,121
Pre-match H2H
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 2009R128 Juan Monaco 6-4 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 25, 2009R32 Dudi Sela 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-1WH2HMatch data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 21, 2009R128 Igor Kunitsyn 4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(7) 5-7 6-3WH2HMatch data