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David Nalbandian #10 def. Ivan Ljubicic #29

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 24, 2004*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	3	13
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	55	70
First serve points won %	73	84
Second serve points won %	78	31
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	75	68
Return points won %	32	25
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ARG	CRO
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Mar 19, 1979
Age	22	25
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	10	29
Ranking points (entering)	1,700	1,085
Elo (entering)	1,905	1,822
Career W-L	356–185	400–282
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2004	QF	Taylor Dent	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2004	R16	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2004	R32	Robin Soderling	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2004	F	Marat Safin	2-6 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2004	QF	Joachim Johansson	7-6(2) 6-7(1) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2004	R16	Tim Henman	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2004	R32	Rainer Schuettler	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2004	R64	Tomas Berdych	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data