Ivan Ljubicic #22 def. Mario Ancic #30

7-5 2-6 6-4

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Mario Ancic 7-5 2-6 6-4 in the 2005 Marseille semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 12, 2005*
Tournament: Marseille
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 41m

Match Statistics

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Mario Ancic
Aces	5	16
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	62	60
First serve points won %	63	88
Second serve points won %	59	45
Break points saved %	90	50
Break points converted %	50	10
Service points won %	62	71
Return points won %	29	38
Total points won %	48	52

Player Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Mario Ancic
Country	CRO	CRO
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Mar 30, 1984
Age	25	20
Height	193 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	30
Ranking points (entering)	1,260	1,056
Elo (entering)	1,856	1,765
Current career W-L	404–284	193–125
Current career earnings	$10,181,121	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic #22 1 – 0 Mario Ancic #30

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sjeng Schalken #76	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 12, 2005	QF
Igor Andreev #49	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 11, 2005	R16
Victor Hanescu #81	7-6(6) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 10, 2005	R32

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Joachim Johansson #11	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 2005	F

Mario Ancic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sebastien De Chaunac #275	7-6(11) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 12, 2005	QF
Tomas Berdych #46	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 11, 2005	R16
Dominik Hrbaty #20	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 10, 2005	R32