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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Ivan Ljubicic #37

7-5 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2011*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	7-5 6-3 6-3
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	2	9
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	68	51
First serve points won %	82	71
Second serve points won %	65	34
Break points saved %	50	70
Break points converted %	30	50
Service points won %	76	53
Return points won %	47	24
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 19, 1979
Age	24	32
Height	185	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	37
Ranking points (entering)	12,070	1,120
Elo (entering)	2,328	1,916
Career W-L	1,045–225	400–282
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 6 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2011	R32	Antonio Veic	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2011	R64	Pablo Andujar	7-5 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2011	R128	John Isner	6-4 6-7(2) 6-7(2) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2011	QF	Robin Soderling	6-4 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2011	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2011	R64	Sam Querrey	7-6(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2011	R128	Somdev Devvarman	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data