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Nicolas Escude #114 def. Ivan Ljubicic #42

6-3 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 2004*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Escude
Score	6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Nicolas Escude	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	8	7
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	62	74
First serve points won %	82	70
Second serve points won %	64	50
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	75	65
Return points won %	35	25
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Escude	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	FRA	CRO
Birth date	Apr 3, 1976	Mar 19, 1979
Age	27	24
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	114	42
Ranking points (entering)	354	870
Elo (entering)	1,836	1,861
Career W-L	157–124	400–282
Career earnings	$3,216,150	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Escude 2 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Nicolas Escude's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2004	SF	Agustin Calleri	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2004	QF	Hyung-Taik Lee	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2004	R16	Ivo Heuberger	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2004	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Escude's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2004	SF	Tim Henman	7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2004	QF	Sebastien Grosjean	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2004	R16	Robin Soderling	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2004	R32	Nicolas Massu	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data