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Jiri Novak #14 def. Ivan Ljubicic #43

6-4 7-5 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Jiri Novak
Score	6-4 7-5 3-6 6-2
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 36m

Stat	Jiri Novak	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	9	21
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	69	53
First serve points won %	73	76
Second serve points won %	53	39
Break points saved %	73	65
Break points converted %	35	27
Service points won %	67	59
Return points won %	41	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jiri Novak	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	CZE	CRO
Birth date	Mar 22, 1975	Mar 19, 1979
Age	28	24
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	14	43
Ranking points (entering)	1,731	845
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,795
Career W-L	318–250	400–282
Career earnings	$7,618,613	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Jiri Novak 1 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	Marc Lopez	6-4 3-6 0-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Julien Benneteau	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2003	R16	Carlos Moya	5-7 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2003	R64	James Blake	6-3 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Karol Kucera	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data