Andy Murray #4 def. Ivan Ljubicic #74

7-5 7-6(6)

Andy Murray defeated Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 7-6(6) in the 2009 Indian Wells Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 20, 2009*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 2009
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 2h 6m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	GBR	CRO
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Mar 19, 1979
Age	21	30
Height	191 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	74
Ranking points (entering)	7,400	1,011
Elo (entering)	2,230	1,805
Current career W-L	715–265	404–284
Current career earnings	$64,687,542	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray #4 2 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic #74

Path

Andy Murray's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tommy Robredo #15	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 2009	R16
Paul-Henri Mathieu #33	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 17, 2009	R32
Albert Montanes #35	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 2009	R64

Andy Murray's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Federer #2	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 2009	SF

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Igor Andreev #23	4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 2009	R16
Gilles Simon #8	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 17, 2009	R32
Mario Ancic #29	3-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 2009	R64
Kei Nishikori #94	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 2009	R128