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Ivan Ljubicic #74 def. Gilles Simon #8

6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date Mar 17, 2009*
Tournament Indian Wells Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Ivan Ljubicic
Score6-3 7-6(3)
Loser Gilles Simon
Duration1h 24m
StatIvan LjubicicGilles Simon
Aces136
Double faults11
First serve %5854
First serve points won %9476
Second serve points won %7550
Break points saved %80
Break points converted %20
Service points won %8664
Return points won %3614
Total points won %5941

Pre-match Comparison

FieldIvan LjubicicGilles Simon
Country CRO FRA
Birth dateMar 19, 1979Dec 27, 1984
Age2924
Height193183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)748
Ranking points (entering)1,0113,925
Elo (entering)1,7511,992
Career W-L400–282493–379
Career earnings$10,181,121$16,045,734
Pre-match H2H
Ivan Ljubicic 1 0 Gilles Simon

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 15, 2009R64 Mario Ancic 3-3 (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Mar 14, 2009R128 Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 19, 2009R16 Igor Andreev 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data

Gilles Simon's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 15, 2009R64 Yen-Hsun Lu 5-7 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data