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Tomas Berdych #25 def. Ivan Ljubicic #8

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

Match Information

Date	Nov 7, 2005*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Tomas Berdych
Score	6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-4
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	Tomas Berdych	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	18	28
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	58	67
First serve points won %	84	84
Second serve points won %	54	54
Break points saved %	33	67
Break points converted %	33	67
Service points won %	71	74
Return points won %	26	29
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tomas Berdych	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	CZE	CRO
Birth date	Sep 17, 1985	Mar 19, 1979
Age	20	26
Height	196	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	25	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,200	2,080
Elo (entering)	1,831	1,994
Career W-L	594–321	400–282
Career earnings	$29,491,328	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Tomas Berdych 0 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2005	SF	Radek Stepanek	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2005	QF	Gaston Gaudio	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2005	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	7-5 6-7(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2005	R32	Guillermo Coria	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2005	R64	Jiri Novak	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2005	SF	Andy Roddick	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2005	QF	Tommy Robredo	7-6(6) 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2005	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2005	R32	James Blake	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data