Roger Federer #5 def. Ivan Ljubicic #60

6-3 6-2

Roger Federer defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-2 in the 2003 Dubai Tennis Championships semifinal 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: SF
Duration: 55m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	66	57
First serve points won %	83	52
Second serve points won %	80	59
Break points saved %	—	40
Break points converted %	60	—
Service points won %	82	55
Return points won %	45	18
Total points won %	62	38

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Mar 19, 1979
Age	21	23
Height	185 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	60
Ranking points (entering)	2,580	630
Elo (entering)	1,952	1,738
Current career W-L	1,219–272	404–284
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #5 2 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic #60

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hicham Arazi #113	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	QF
Maximilian Abel #217	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 2003	R16
Irakli Labadze #103	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003	R32

Roger Federer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jiri Novak #10	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 2003	F

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rainer Schuettler #16	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 2003	QF
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