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Ivan Ljubicic #12 def. David Nalbandian #9

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 23, 2005*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	David Nalbandian
Aces	19	3
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	51	63
First serve points won %	87	61
Second serve points won %	49	59
Break points saved %	91	75
Break points converted %	25	9
Service points won %	68	60
Return points won %	40	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	David Nalbandian
Country	CRO	ARG
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jan 1, 1982
Age	26	23
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,640	1,905
Elo (entering)	1,958	1,927
Career W-L	400–282	356–185
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 1 David Nalbandian

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2005	F	Rafael Nadal	6-3 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2005	QF	Ivo Karlovic	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2005	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2005	R32	Jurgen Melzer	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data