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Mario Ancic #21 def. Ivan Ljubicic #5

7-6(2) 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date Feb 18, 2006*
Tournament Marseille
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Mario Ancic
Score7-6(2) 3-6 6-3
Loser Ivan Ljubicic
Duration2h 16m
StatMario AncicIvan Ljubicic
Aces178
Double faults30
First serve %6765
First serve points won %8088
Second serve points won %4656
Break points saved %800
Break points converted %10020
Service points won %6977
Return points won %2331
Total points won %5050

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMario AncicIvan Ljubicic
Country CRO CRO
Birth dateMar 30, 1984Mar 19, 1979
Age2126
Height196193
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)215
Ranking points (entering)1,3902,395
Elo (entering)1,8392,021
Career W-L193–124400–282
Career earnings$4,024,686$10,181,121
Pre-match H2H
Mario Ancic 0 2 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Mario Ancic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 17, 2006R16 Jean-Christophe Faurel 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2006R32 Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 6-7(9) 6-4WH2HMatch data

Mario Ancic's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 18, 2006SF Sebastien Grosjean 6-3 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 17, 2006R16 Igor Andreev 7-6(5) 6-4WH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2006R32 Paradorn Srichaphan 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3WH2HMatch data