SF Miami Open 2006

Ivan Ljubicic #6 def. David Nalbandian #3

6-1 6-2

Ivan Ljubicic defeated David Nalbandian 6-1 6-2 in the 2006 Miami Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 26, 2006*
Tournament: Miami Open
Edition: 2006
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 13m

Match Statistics

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	David Nalbandian
Aces	12	1
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	70.0%	71.0%
First serve points won %	96.0%	43.0%
Second serve points won %	64.0%	63.0%
Break points saved %	—	76.0%
Break points converted %	24.0%	—
Service points won %	86.0%	48.0%
Return points won %	52.0%	14.0%
Total points won %	64.0%	36.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	David Nalbandian
Country	CRO	ARG
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jan 1, 1982
Age	27	24
Height	193 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,295	2,560
Elo (entering)	2,029	2,019
Current career W-L	404–284	358–187
Current career earnings	$10,181,121	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic #6 1 – 2 David Nalbandian #3

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Agustin Calleri #65	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2006	QF
Christophe Rochus #50	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 2006	R16
Filippo Volandri #31	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 2006	R32
Robin Vik #70	6-3 6-7(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 2006	R64

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #1	6-7(5) 6-7(4) 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 2006	F

David Nalbandian's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mario Ancic #23	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 2006	QF
Radek Stepanek #16	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 2006	R16
Tomas Berdych #27	6-7(3) 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 2006	R32
Paul Goldstein #64	3-6 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 2006	R64