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Andy Murray #4 def. Ivan Ljubicic #74

7-5 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	7-5 7-6(6)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Andy Murray	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	6	6
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	66	47
First serve points won %	79	77
Second serve points won %	44	51
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	GBR	CRO
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Mar 19, 1979
Age	21	30
Height	191	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	74
Ranking points (entering)	7,400	1,011
Elo (entering)	2,209	1,795
Career W-L	703–264	400–282
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 2 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2009	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Albert Montanes	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2009	SF	Roger Federer	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2009	R16	Igor Andreev	4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Gilles Simon	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Mario Ancic	3-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2009	R128	Kei Nishikori	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data