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Vincent Spadea #39 def. Ivan Ljubicic #55

1-6 6-4 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 2003*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Vincent Spadea
Score	1-6 6-4 7-6(8)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Vincent Spadea	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	2	11
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	54	55
First serve points won %	61	77
Second serve points won %	66	49
Break points saved %	38	43
Break points converted %	57	62
Service points won %	63	64
Return points won %	36	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vincent Spadea	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	—	Mar 19, 1979
Age	—	24
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	39	55
Ranking points (entering)	883	725
Elo (entering)	1,760	1,735
Career W-L	310–348	400–282
Career earnings	$5,004,860	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Vincent Spadea 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Vincent Spadea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2003	R32	Arnaud Clement	6-7(4) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2003	R64	Mikhail Youzhny	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Vincent Spadea's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2003	QF	Filippo Volandri	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2003	R32	Albert Portas	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2003	R64	Mariano Zabaleta	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data