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Ivan Ljubicic #43 def. James Blake #27

6-3 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 30, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	James Blake
Duration	2h 25m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	James Blake
Aces	15	3
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	52	63
First serve points won %	84	70
Second serve points won %	62	50
Break points saved %	25	43
Break points converted %	57	75
Service points won %	74	63
Return points won %	37	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	James Blake
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Dec 28, 1979
Age	24	23
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	43	27
Ranking points (entering)	845	1,155
Elo (entering)	1,769	1,799
Career W-L	400–282	345–235
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$7,981,882

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 0 James Blake

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Karol Kucera	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Jiri Novak	4-6 5-7 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

James Blake's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Taylor Dent	6-4 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data