Fernando Gonzalez #21 def. Ivan Ljubicic #5

7-5 6-1

Fernando Gonzalez defeated Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 6-1 in the 2006 Monte-Carlo Masters quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 23, 2006*
Tournament: Monte-Carlo Masters
Edition: 2006
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 47m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Fernando Gonzalez	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	CHI	CRO
Birth date	Jul 29, 1980	Mar 19, 1979
Age	25	27
Height	183 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	5
Ranking points (entering)	1,420	2,615
Elo (entering)	1,851	2,053
Current career W-L	340–194	404–284
Current career earnings	$8,862,276	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Gonzalez #21 1 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic #5

Path

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Robin Soderling #62	6-2 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 22, 2006	R16
Feliciano Lopez #40	6-7(4) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 2006	R32
Carlos Moya #34	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 2006	R64

Fernando Gonzalez's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #1	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 23, 2006	SF

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gilles Simon #69	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 22, 2006	R16
Florent Serra #48	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 2006	R32
Igor Andreev #28	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 2006	R64