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Ivan Ljubicic #29 def. Nicolas Kiefer #98

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date Oct 30, 2009*
Tournament Lyon
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Ivan Ljubicic
Score6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser Nicolas Kiefer
Duration1h 43m
StatIvan LjubicicNicolas Kiefer
Aces279
Double faults03
First serve %7169
First serve points won %8575
Second serve points won %5236
Break points saved %082
Break points converted %18100
Service points won %7563
Return points won %3725
Total points won %5446

Pre-match Comparison

FieldIvan LjubicicNicolas Kiefer
Country CRO GER
Birth dateMar 19, 1979Jul 5, 1977
Age3032
Height193183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2998
Ranking points (entering)1,230537
Elo (entering)1,8831,796
Career W-L400–282343–252
Career earnings$10,181,121$7,480,465
Pre-match H2H
Ivan Ljubicic 2 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 29, 2009R32 Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 31, 2009QF Florent Serra 7-6(6) 6-2WH2HMatch data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 29, 2009R32 Sebastien Grosjean 4-6 7-6(7) 7-6(2)WH2HMatch data