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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Ivan Ljubicic #66

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 2009*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	2	4
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	71	51
First serve points won %	78	77
Second serve points won %	47	38
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	100
Service points won %	69	58
Return points won %	42	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 19, 1979
Age	22	30
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	66
Ranking points (entering)	14,470	1,061
Elo (entering)	2,294	1,816
Career W-L	1,045–225	400–282
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2009	R16	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2009	R32	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2009	SF	Andy Murray	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2009	R16	Simone Bolelli	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2009	R32	Juan Martin del Potro	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2009	R64	Kristof Vliegen	6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data