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Ivan Ljubicic #60 def. Rainer Schuettler #16

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2003*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Rainer Schuettler
Duration	1h 7m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Rainer Schuettler
Country	CRO	GER
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	—
Age	23	—
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	60	16
Ranking points (entering)	630	1,570
Elo (entering)	1,715	1,911
Career W-L	400–282	313–323
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$7,407,508

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 1 – 3 Rainer Schuettler

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

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

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

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

Rainer Schuettler's path

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