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Ivan Ljubicic #59 def. J. Varlet #162

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 2003*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	J. Varlet
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	J. Varlet
Aces	18	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	74	80
First serve points won %	92	55
Second serve points won %	100	42
Break points saved %	—	56
Break points converted %	44	—
Service points won %	94	53
Return points won %	47	6
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	J. Varlet
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Sep 8, 1977
Age	23	25
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	162
Ranking points (entering)	665	233
Elo (entering)	1,706	1,604
Career W-L	400–282	3–8
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$188,412

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 0 J. Varlet

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2003	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Olivier Rochus	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	SF	Martin Verkerk	6-3 5-7 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data

J. Varlet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2003	R16	Xavier Malisse	2-6 7-5 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data