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Ivan Ljubicic #6 def. David Nalbandian #3

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 2006*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	David Nalbandian
Aces	12	1
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	70	71
First serve points won %	96	43
Second serve points won %	64	63
Break points saved %	—	76
Break points converted %	24	—
Service points won %	86	48
Return points won %	52	14
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	David Nalbandian
Country	CRO	ARG
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jan 1, 1982
Age	27	24
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,295	2,560
Elo (entering)	2,028	2,019
Career W-L	400–282	356–185
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 1 – 2 David Nalbandian

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

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

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

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

David Nalbandian's path

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