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Ivan Ljubicic #19 def. Cyril Saulnier #75

7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 6-4
Loser	Cyril Saulnier
Duration	2h 57m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Cyril Saulnier
Aces	33	10
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	68	58
First serve points won %	83	73
Second serve points won %	64	67
Break points saved %	91	78
Break points converted %	22	9
Service points won %	77	70
Return points won %	30	23
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Cyril Saulnier
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Aug 16, 1975
Age	26	30
Height	193	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	19	75
Ranking points (entering)	1,360	510
Elo (entering)	1,788	1,623
Career W-L	400–282	75–111
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$1,391,494

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 1 – 1 Cyril Saulnier

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Tobias Summerer	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(7) 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cyril Saulnier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Janko Tipsarevic	6-7(7) 7-6(3) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data