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Ivan Ljubicic #23 def. Marin Cilic #45

7-6(7) 7-5

Match Information

Date Mar 16, 2008*
Tournament Indian Wells Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR64
Winner Ivan Ljubicic
Score7-6(7) 7-5
Loser Marin Cilic
Duration2h 1m
StatIvan LjubicicMarin Cilic
Aces114
Double faults22
First serve %5858
First serve points won %7270
Second serve points won %5450
Break points saved %670
Break points converted %10033
Service points won %6562
Return points won %3835
Total points won %5248

Pre-match Comparison

FieldIvan LjubicicMarin Cilic
Country CRO CRO
Birth dateMar 19, 1979Sep 28, 1988
Age2819
Height193198
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2345
Ranking points (entering)1,355752
Elo (entering)1,8111,784
Career W-L400–282572–344
Career earnings$10,181,121$33,355,926
Pre-match H2H
Ivan Ljubicic 0 0 Marin Cilic

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 18, 2008R32 Tommy Robredo 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data

Marin Cilic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 15, 2008R128 Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data