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Ivan Ljubicic #37 def. Gael Monfils #14

6-2 3-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Oct 16, 2009*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-2 3-0 (ret.)
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	37m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Gael Monfils
Aces	5	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	76	85
First serve points won %	89	48
Second serve points won %	50	33
Break points saved %	—	20
Break points converted %	80	—
Service points won %	80	46
Return points won %	54	20
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Gael Monfils
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Sep 1, 1986
Age	30	23
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,070	2,285
Elo (entering)	1,860	2,010
Career W-L	400–282	569–356
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 3 – 2 Gael Monfils

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2009	R64	Julien Benneteau	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2009	QF	Rafael Nadal	6-3 3-6 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2009	R32	Lleyton Hewitt	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2009	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data