Nicolas Escude #114 def. Ivan Ljubicic #42

6-3 7-6(4)

Nicolas Escude defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2004 Qatar Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatNicolas EscudeIvan Ljubicic
Aces87
Double faults11
First serve %6274
First serve points won %8270
Second serve points won %6450
Break points saved %10033
Break points converted %670
Service points won %7565
Return points won %3525
Total points won %5545

Player Comparison

FieldNicolas EscudeIvan Ljubicic
Country FRA CRO
Birth dateApr 3, 1976Mar 19, 1979
Age2724
Height185 cm193 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)11442
Ranking points (entering)354870
Elo (entering)1,8471,862
Current career W-L157–125404–284
Current career earnings$3,216,150$10,181,121
Pre-match H2H
Nicolas Escude #114 2 0 Ivan Ljubicic #42

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Agustin Calleri #246-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 10, 2004SF
Hyung-Taik Lee #566-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 10, 2004QF
Ivo Heuberger #1556-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 9, 2004R16
Younes El Aynaoui #146-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 8, 2004R32

Nicolas Escude's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Ljubicic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Tim Henman #157-6(2) 3-6 7-6(5)WH2HMatch dataJan 10, 2004SF
Sebastien Grosjean #106-3 5-7 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 10, 2004QF
Robin Soderling #606-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 9, 2004R16
Nicolas Massu #126-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataJan 8, 2004R32