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Marcos Baghdatis #54 def. Ivan Ljubicic #8

6-4 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marcos Baghdatis
Score	6-4 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-3
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	3h 17m

Stat	Marcos Baghdatis	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	8	14
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	53	64
First serve points won %	80	71
Second serve points won %	60	54
Break points saved %	78	73
Break points converted %	27	22
Service points won %	70	65
Return points won %	35	30
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcos Baghdatis	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	CYP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 17, 1985	Mar 19, 1979
Age	20	26
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	54	8
Ranking points (entering)	684	2,180
Elo (entering)	1,809	2,018
Career W-L	324–272	400–282
Career earnings	$8,918,917	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Marcos Baghdatis 1 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Andy Roddick	6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Denis Gremelmayr	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-3 3-6 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Justin Gimelstob	7-6(6) 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Marcos Baghdatis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2006	SF	David Nalbandian	3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Feliciano Lopez	7-5 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Philipp Kohlschreiber	7-5 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Chris Guccione	7-6(5) 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data