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Juan Monaco #14 def. Ivan Ljubicic #29

6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	May 23, 2008*
Tournament	Poertschach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Juan Monaco
Score	6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(4)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 55m

Stat	Juan Monaco	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	5	12
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	61	53
First serve points won %	66	75
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	82	25
Break points converted %	75	18
Service points won %	63	64
Return points won %	36	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Monaco	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ARG	CRO
Birth date	Mar 29, 1984	Mar 19, 1979
Age	24	29
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	14	29
Ranking points (entering)	1,430	1,005
Elo (entering)	1,836	1,825
Career W-L	319–256	400–282
Career earnings	$8,091,242	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Juan Monaco 0 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Juan Monaco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2008	QF	Robby Ginepri	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2008	R16	Jiri Vanek	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2008	R32	Carlos Berlocq	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Monaco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2008	F	Nikolay Davydenko	2-6 6-2 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2008	QF	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6-3 4-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2008	R16	Ivan Navarro	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2008	R32	Jan Hajek	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data