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Nicolas Almagro #14 def. Ivan Ljubicic #16

6-4 7-6(8) 6-3

Match Information

Date Jan 23, 2011*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Nicolas Almagro
Score6-4 7-6(8) 6-3
Loser Ivan Ljubicic
Duration2h 6m
StatNicolas AlmagroIvan Ljubicic
Aces1111
Double faults22
First serve %6255
First serve points won %8483
Second serve points won %7354
Break points saved %10033
Break points converted %670
Service points won %8070
Return points won %3020
Total points won %5545

Pre-match Comparison

FieldNicolas AlmagroIvan Ljubicic
Country ESP CRO
Birth dateAug 21, 1985Mar 19, 1979
Age2531
Height183193
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)1416
Ranking points (entering)2,1601,965
Elo (entering)1,9161,900
Career W-L385–272400–282
Career earnings$10,752,234$10,181,121
Pre-match H2H
Nicolas Almagro 1 3 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 20, 2011R64 Igor Andreev 7-5 2-6 4-6 7-6(10) 7-5WH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 2011R128 Stephane Robert 6-4 6-3 6-7(4) 7-5WH2HMatch data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 25, 2011R16 Novak Djokovic 3-6 4-6 0-6LH2HMatch data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 20, 2011R64 Benoit Paire 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(5)WH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 2011R128 Peter Luczak 6-3 6-3 7-6(2)WH2HMatch data