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Mariano Puerta #21 def. Ivan Ljubicic #79

6-4 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 21, 2000*
Tournament	Umag
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Puerta
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Mariano Puerta	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	0	12
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	65	53
First serve points won %	75	76
Second serve points won %	63	48
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Puerta	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ARG	CRO
Birth date	Sep 19, 1978	Mar 19, 1979
Age	21	21
Height	180	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	79
Ranking points (entering)	1,211	553
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,645
Career W-L	121–116	400–282
Career earnings	$1,781,372	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Puerta 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Mariano Puerta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2000	R32	Julian Alonso	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Puerta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 2000	QF	Martin Damm Sr	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2000	R32	Lovro Zovko	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data