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Ivan Ljubicic #74 def. Mario Ancic #29

3-3 (ret.)

Match Information

Date Mar 15, 2009*
Tournament Indian Wells Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Ivan Ljubicic
Score3-3 (ret.)
Loser Mario Ancic
Duration27m
StatIvan LjubicicMario Ancic
Aces23
Double faults12
First serve %4037
First serve points won %10086
Second serve points won %6758
Service points won %8068
Return points won %3220
Total points won %5347

Pre-match Comparison

FieldIvan LjubicicMario Ancic
Country CRO CRO
Birth dateMar 19, 1979Mar 30, 1984
Age2924
Height193196
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)7429
Ranking points (entering)1,0111,795
Elo (entering)1,7261,949
Career W-L400–282193–124
Career earnings$10,181,121$4,024,686
Pre-match H2H
Ivan Ljubicic 4 1 Mario Ancic

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 14, 2009R128 Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 17, 2009R32 Gilles Simon 6-3 7-6(3)WH2HMatch data

Mario Ancic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.