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Ivo Karlovic #59 def. Ivan Ljubicic #17

6-1 3-6 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Jun 17, 2005*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	6-1 3-6 7-6(1)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	27	0
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	68	74
First serve points won %	86	64
Second serve points won %	50	62
Break points saved %	80	71
Break points converted %	29	20
Service points won %	74	64
Return points won %	36	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	CRO	CRO
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Mar 19, 1979
Age	26	26
Height	211	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	17
Ranking points (entering)	655	1,435
Elo (entering)	1,669	1,880
Career W-L	357–333	400–282
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2005	R32	Igor Andreev	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 2005	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-7(0) 7-6(3) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 2005	R32	Victor Hanescu	6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data