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Martin Verkerk #90 def. Ivan Ljubicic #59

3-6 7-5 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 2003*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Martin Verkerk
Score	3-6 7-5 7-6(1)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h

Stat	Martin Verkerk	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	21	27
Double faults	3	8
First serve %	60	59
First serve points won %	80	89
Second serve points won %	67	48
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	74	72
Return points won %	28	26
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martin Verkerk	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	NED	CRO
Birth date	Oct 31, 1978	Mar 19, 1979
Age	24	23
Height	196	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	90	59
Ranking points (entering)	439	665
Elo (entering)	1,651	1,717
Career W-L	56–64	400–282
Career earnings	$1,564,520	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Martin Verkerk 1 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	QF	Davide Sanguinetti	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2003	R16	Thomas Enqvist	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Adrian Voinea	6-3 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 2003	F	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	QF	Julien Varlet	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2003	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Olivier Rochus	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data