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Ivan Ljubicic #16 def. Gael Monfils #45

7-6(7) 6-0

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 2005*
Tournament	Metz
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	7-6(7) 6-0
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Gael Monfils
Aces	12	5
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	62	45
First serve points won %	92	69
Second serve points won %	45	44
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	74	55
Return points won %	45	26
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Gael Monfils
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Sep 1, 1986
Age	26	19
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	45
Ranking points (entering)	1,430	814
Elo (entering)	1,841	1,725
Career W-L	400–282	569–356
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 0 Gael Monfils

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2005	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2005	QF	Robin Soderling	6-7(6) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2005	R16	Fabrice Santoro	4-6 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2005	R32	Jose Acasuso	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2005	SF	Dominik Hrbaty	7-6(1) 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2005	QF	Richard Gasquet	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2005	R16	Arnaud Clement	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2005	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	2-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data