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Fabrice Santoro #41 def. Ivan Ljubicic #75

3-6 4-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jun 20, 2009*
Tournament	Eastbourne
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	3-6 4-2 (ret.)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	2	8
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	45	70
First serve points won %	74	76
Second serve points won %	65	57
Break points saved %	0	67
Break points converted %	33	100
Service points won %	69	70
Return points won %	30	31
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	FRA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Mar 19, 1979
Age	36	30
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	41	75
Ranking points (entering)	1,195	876
Elo (entering)	1,768	1,832
Career W-L	456–432	400–282
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 4 – 4 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2009	R16	Robby Ginepri	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 2009	R32	Robert Kendrick	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2009	SF	Frank Dancevic	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2009	R16	Josh Goodall	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 2009	R32	Andreas Seppi	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data