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Ivan Ljubicic #26 def. Rafael Nadal #3

3-6 6-4 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 2010*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	3-6 6-4 7-6(1)
Loser	Rafael Nadal
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Rafael Nadal
Aces	17	5
Double faults	6	2
First serve %	58	62
First serve points won %	81	73
Second serve points won %	40	64
Break points saved %	70	67
Break points converted %	33	30
Service points won %	64	69
Return points won %	31	36
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Rafael Nadal
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jun 3, 1986
Age	31	23
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,520	7,440
Elo (entering)	1,930	2,187
Career W-L	400–282	1,045–225
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$134,946,100

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 1 – 5 Rafael Nadal

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2010	QF	Juan Monaco	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2010	R16	Novak Djokovic	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2010	R32	Brian Dabul	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2010	R64	Ryan Harrison	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2010	F	Andy Roddick	7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2010	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2010	R16	John Isner	7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2010	R32	Mario Ancic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2010	R64	Rainer Schuettler	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data