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Rainer Schuettler #6 def. Ivan Ljubicic #43

4-6 7-6(2) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 2003*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Rainer Schuettler
Score	4-6 7-6(2) 7-5
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Rainer Schuettler	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	6	18
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	64	51
First serve points won %	72	81
Second serve points won %	59	60
Break points saved %	80	33
Break points converted %	67	20
Service points won %	67	71
Return points won %	29	33
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rainer Schuettler	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	GER	CRO
Birth date	—	Mar 19, 1979
Age	—	24
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	43
Ranking points (entering)	2,685	865
Elo (entering)	1,947	1,768
Career W-L	313–323	400–282
Career earnings	$7,407,508	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Rainer Schuettler 3 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2003	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2003	QF	Xavier Malisse	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2003	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data