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Fernando Gonzalez #21 def. Ivan Ljubicic #5

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 2006*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Fernando Gonzalez
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Fernando Gonzalez	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	67	52
First serve points won %	65	61
Second serve points won %	72	37
Break points saved %	75	29
Break points converted %	71	25
Service points won %	67	49
Return points won %	51	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Gonzalez	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	CHI	CRO
Birth date	Jul 29, 1980	Mar 19, 1979
Age	25	27
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,420	2,615
Elo (entering)	1,848	2,052
Career W-L	330–192	400–282
Career earnings	$8,862,276	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Gonzalez 1 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2006	R16	Robin Soderling	6-2 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2006	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-7(4) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2006	R64	Carlos Moya	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2006	SF	Roger Federer	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2006	R16	Gilles Simon	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2006	R32	Florent Serra	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2006	R64	Igor Andreev	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data