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Ivan Ljubicic #54 def. Sjeng Schalken #15

7-6(9) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 2002*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	7-6(9) 6-4
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	15	4
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	55	64
First serve points won %	81	77
Second serve points won %	63	48
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	73	66
Return points won %	34	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Sjeng Schalken
Country	CRO	NED
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Sep 8, 1976
Age	23	26
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	54	15
Ranking points (entering)	700	1,790
Elo (entering)	1,733	1,886
Career W-L	400–282	280–254
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 1 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2002	R64	Felix Mantilla	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2002	R16	Paradorn Srichaphan	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

No prior matches in this tournament.