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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Ivan Ljubicic #40

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 16, 2011*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	0	3
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	70	68
First serve points won %	75	41
Second serve points won %	57	47
Break points saved %	83	29
Break points converted %	71	17
Service points won %	70	43
Return points won %	57	30
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 19, 1979
Age	24	32
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	40
Ranking points (entering)	12,870	1,065
Elo (entering)	2,272	1,869
Career W-L	1,045–225	400–282
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 5 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2011	R16	Richard Gasquet	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2011	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2011	SF	Andy Murray	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2011	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2011	R32	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2011	R64	Jeremy Chardy	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data