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Ivan Ljubicic #14 def. Vincent Spadea #23

6-3 4-6 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Mar 24, 2005*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 4-6 7-6(3)
Loser	Vincent Spadea
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Vincent Spadea
Aces	6	3
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	53	55
First serve points won %	82	73
Second serve points won %	57	57
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	71	66
Return points won %	34	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Vincent Spadea
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	—
Age	26	—
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	23
Ranking points (entering)	1,645	1,190
Elo (entering)	1,950	1,755
Career W-L	400–282	310–348
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$5,004,860

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 2 Vincent Spadea

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2005	R64	Alberto Martin	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2005	R16	Rafael Nadal	4-6 7-6(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Vincent Spadea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2005	R64	Robby Ginepri	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data