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Roger Federer #5 def. Ivan Ljubicic #60

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2003*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	55m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Mar 19, 1979
Age	21	23
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	60
Ranking points (entering)	2,580	630
Elo (entering)	1,953	1,740
Career W-L	1,206–267	400–282
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Roger Federer's path

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

Roger Federer's next match

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

Ivan Ljubicic's path

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