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Sjeng Schalken #25 def. Ivan Ljubicic #38

6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 2002*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Sjeng Schalken
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	1	11
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	68	58
First serve points won %	78	66
Second serve points won %	54	42
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	70	56
Return points won %	44	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	NED	CRO
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Mar 19, 1979
Age	25	23
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	38
Ranking points (entering)	1,300	894
Elo (entering)	1,830	1,730
Career W-L	280–254	400–282
Career earnings	$5,192,798	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2002	R128	Mark Philippoussis	6-7(1) 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2002	R32	Sargis Sargsian	7-5 6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2002	R128	Fabrice Santoro	7-6(3) 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data