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Ivan Ljubicic #14 def. Thierry Ascione #96

6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 2007*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(5)
Loser	Thierry Ascione
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Thierry Ascione
Aces	34	9
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	69	63
First serve points won %	88	84
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	100	90
Break points converted %	10	0
Service points won %	79	71
Return points won %	29	21
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Thierry Ascione
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jan 17, 1981
Age	28	26
Height	193	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	96
Ranking points (entering)	1,675	434
Elo (entering)	1,834	1,583
Career W-L	400–282	22–53
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$1,031,961

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 0 Thierry Ascione

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Sam Querrey	7-6(5) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2007	QF	Alejandro Falla	5-7 7-6(3) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Thierry Ascione's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data