Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

V. Kutsenko #185 def. Ivan Ljubicic #50

6-3 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	V. Kutsenko
Score	6-3 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-3
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	V. Kutsenko	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	5	23
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	51	55
First serve points won %	70	77
Second serve points won %	48	46
Break points saved %	58	17
Break points converted %	83	42
Service points won %	59	63
Return points won %	37	41
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Kutsenko	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	RUS	CRO
Birth date	Mar 16, 1977	Mar 19, 1979
Age	25	23
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	185	50
Ranking points (entering)	192	735
Elo (entering)	1,517	1,711
Career W-L	3–9	400–282
Career earnings	$297,093	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

V. Kutsenko 0 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

V. Kutsenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2003	Q3	N. Godwin	7-6(2) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2003	Q2	Razvan Sabau	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2003	Q1	Ivo Heuberger	3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

V. Kutsenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Younes El Aynaoui	2-6 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.