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Alejandro Falla #128 def. Ivan Ljubicic #14

7-5 6-7(3) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 2007*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Alejandro Falla
Score	7-5 6-7(3) 7-5
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Alejandro Falla	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	9	30
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	66	60
First serve points won %	86	81
Second serve points won %	64	52
Break points saved %	—	80
Break points converted %	20	—
Service points won %	79	70
Return points won %	30	21
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alejandro Falla	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	COL	CRO
Birth date	Nov 14, 1983	Mar 19, 1979
Age	23	28
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	128	14
Ranking points (entering)	335	1,675
Elo (entering)	1,736	1,840
Career W-L	97–158	400–282
Career earnings	$3,101,331	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Alejandro Falla 0 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Alejandro Falla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2007	R16	Oliver Marach	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Igor Andreev	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2007	Q3	Andy Ram	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2007	Q2	Alexandre Penaud	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alejandro Falla's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2007	SF	Marc Gicquel	6-4 2-6 6-7(7)	L	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2007	R16	Thierry Ascione	6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Sam Querrey	7-6(5) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data