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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Ivan Ljubicic #4

6-4 6-2 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Jun 11, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 6-2 7-6(7)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 49m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	7	10
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	68	59
First serve points won %	78	69
Second serve points won %	57	51
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	72	62
Return points won %	38	28
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 19, 1979
Age	20	27
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	4,545	2,610
Elo (entering)	2,267	2,009
Career W-L	1,045–225	400–282
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 6-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Lleyton Hewitt	6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Kevin Kim	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Robin Soderling	6-2 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2006	F	Roger Federer	1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Julien Benneteau	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Juan Monaco	4-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Oscar Hernandez	6-3 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Carlos Berlocq	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data