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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Ivan Ljubicic #37

3-6 6-3 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 2009*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	3-6 6-3 (ret.)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	2	12
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	75	65
First serve points won %	68	70
Second serve points won %	71	50
Break points saved %	83	83
Break points converted %	17	17
Service points won %	69	63
Return points won %	37	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 19, 1979
Age	23	30
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	37
Ranking points (entering)	8,945	1,070
Elo (entering)	2,256	1,883
Career W-L	1,045–225	400–282
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 4 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	James Blake	6-2 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	SF	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Gael Monfils	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2009	R64	Julien Benneteau	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data