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Ivan Ljubicic #41 def. Martin Verkerk #17

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 22, 2004*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Martin Verkerk
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Martin Verkerk
Aces	10	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	62	56
First serve points won %	93	58
Second serve points won %	65	50
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	82	55
Return points won %	45	18
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Martin Verkerk
Country	CRO	NED
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Oct 31, 1978
Age	25	25
Height	193	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	41	17
Ranking points (entering)	895	1,340
Elo (entering)	1,787	1,677
Career W-L	400–282	56–64
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$1,564,520

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 1 – 2 Martin Verkerk

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2004	R64	Tommy Robredo	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2004	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Martin Verkerk's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2004	R64	Albert Portas	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data