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Roger Federer #1 def. Ivan Ljubicic #14

6-1 6-7(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 27, 2005*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-1 6-7(6) 6-3
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	6	5
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	62	54
First serve points won %	68	77
Second serve points won %	64	37
Break points saved %	71	29
Break points converted %	71	29
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Mar 19, 1979
Age	23	25
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	6,050	1,440
Elo (entering)	2,303	1,941
Career W-L	1,206–267	400–282
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 5 – 3 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2005	SF	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2005	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2005	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4-6 6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2005	R32	Ivo Minar	6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2005	SF	Tommy Robredo	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2005	QF	Tim Henman	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2005	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2005	R32	Jean-Rene Lisnard	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data