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Kristian Pless #92 def. Ivan Ljubicic #37

4-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 2002*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Kristian Pless
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Kristian Pless	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	6	27
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	63	68
First serve points won %	81	84
Second serve points won %	68	38
Break points saved %	50	71
Break points converted %	29	50
Service points won %	76	70
Return points won %	30	24
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kristian Pless	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	DEN	CRO
Birth date	Feb 9, 1981	Mar 19, 1979
Age	21	23
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	92	37
Ranking points (entering)	431	885
Elo (entering)	1,629	1,736
Career W-L	43–81	400–282
Career earnings	$1,127,884	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Kristian Pless 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Kristian Pless's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2002	R32	David Sanchez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kristian Pless's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2002	QF	Nicolas Escude	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2002	R32	Gregory Carraz	6-4 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data