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Ivan Ljubicic #9 def. Kristof Vliegen #93

6-3 3-6 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Jan 7, 2006*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-3 3-6 7-6(6)
Loser	Kristof Vliegen
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Kristof Vliegen
Aces	20	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	66	63
First serve points won %	84	79
Second serve points won %	62	57
Break points saved %	67	75
Break points converted %	25	33
Service points won %	76	71
Return points won %	29	24
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Kristof Vliegen
Country	CRO	BEL
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jun 22, 1982
Age	26	23
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	93
Ranking points (entering)	2,180	442
Elo (entering)	1,964	1,651
Career W-L	400–282	83–114
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$1,964,020

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 0 – 0 Kristof Vliegen

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	QF	Gilles Muller	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2006	R16	Jiri Vanek	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2006	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2006	F	Carlos Moya	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kristof Vliegen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	QF	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2006	R16	Rainer Schuettler	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2006	R32	Jimmy Wang	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data