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Ivan Ljubicic #22 def. Albert Costa #56

6-3 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2005*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Albert Costa
Aces	6	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	64	72
First serve points won %	74	71
Second serve points won %	71	40
Break points saved %	50	78
Break points converted %	22	50
Service points won %	73	62
Return points won %	38	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Albert Costa
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jun 25, 1975
Age	25	29
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	56
Ranking points (entering)	1,235	705
Elo (entering)	1,833	1,710
Career W-L	400–282	368–263
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 0 Albert Costa

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2005	QF	Rafael Nadal	6-2 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2005	R16	Marc Lopez	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2005	R32	Stan Wawrinka	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2005	F	Roger Federer	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2005	QF	Fabrice Santoro	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2005	R16	Marco Chiudinelli	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2005	R32	David Sanchez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data