Tim Henman #11 def. Ivan Ljubicic #33

7-5 6-4

Tim Henman defeated Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 6-4 in the 2002 ABN AMRO Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 23, 2002*
Tournament: ABN AMRO Open
Edition: 2002
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 45m

Match Statistics

Stat	Tim Henman	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	6	11
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	70	56
First serve points won %	79	77
Second serve points won %	52	48
Break points saved %	100	71
Break points converted %	29	0
Service points won %	71	64
Return points won %	36	29
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	GBR	CRO
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Mar 19, 1979
Age	27	22
Height	185 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	33
Ranking points (entering)	2,065	1,052
Elo (entering)	1,977	1,838
Current career W-L	469–263	404–284
Current career earnings	$11,635,542	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman #11 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic #33

Path

Tim Henman's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bohdan Ulihrach #39	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 2002	QF
Fabrice Santoro #27	7-5 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 22, 2002	R16
Nicolas Kiefer #42	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 21, 2002	R32

Tim Henman's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Escude #22	6-3 6-7(7) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 2002	F

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivo Heuberger #129	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 2002	QF
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #4	7-6(4) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 22, 2002	R16
Jan Siemerink #169	6-7(6) 7-6(6) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 21, 2002	R32