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Ivan Ljubicic #19 def. Sjeng Schalken #70

6-4 5-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 2005*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-4 5-7 6-3
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	2h 37m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	12	4
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	56	76
First serve points won %	71	62
Second serve points won %	56	57
Break points saved %	67	43
Break points converted %	57	33
Service points won %	64	61
Return points won %	39	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Sjeng Schalken
Country	CRO	NED
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Sep 8, 1976
Age	25	28
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	70
Ranking points (entering)	1,340	545
Elo (entering)	1,867	1,715
Career W-L	400–282	280–254
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 2 – 1 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2005	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	6-4 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2005	QF	Paradorn Srichaphan	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2005	R32	Andrei Pavel	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data