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Ivan Ljubicic #4 def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo #79

6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
Aces	6	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	58	49
First serve points won %	73	55
Second serve points won %	56	61
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	66	58
Return points won %	42	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jan 6, 1978
Age	27	28
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	79
Ranking points (entering)	2,610	525
Elo (entering)	1,990	1,696
Career W-L	400–282	68–133
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$2,346,407

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 0 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Juan Monaco	4-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Oscar Hernandez	6-3 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Carlos Berlocq	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Julien Benneteau	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	David Ferrer	7-6(4) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Christophe Rochus	5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Thierry Ascione	7-6(7) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data