Ivan Ljubicic #60 def. Rainer Schuettler #16

6-3 6-4

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Rainer Schuettler 6-3 6-4 in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 1, 2003*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 7m

Match Statistics

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Rainer Schuettler
Aces	11	0
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	54	60
First serve points won %	77	70
Second serve points won %	69	50
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	74	62
Return points won %	38	26
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Rainer Schuettler
Country	CRO	GER
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Apr 25, 1976
Age	23	26
Height	193 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	60	16
Ranking points (entering)	630	1,570
Elo (entering)	1,715	1,888
Current career W-L	404–284	315–326
Current career earnings	$10,181,121	$7,407,508

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic #60 1 – 3 Rainer Schuettler #16

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Attila Savolt #102	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Wayne Black #436	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #5	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	SF

Rainer Schuettler's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Max Mirnyi #36	7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Zeljko Krajan #104	6-4 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32