SF Chennai 2006

Ivan Ljubicic #9 def. Kristof Vliegen #93

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

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Kristof Vliegen 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) in the 2006 Chennai semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 7, 2006*
Tournament: Chennai
Edition: 2006
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 4m

Match Statistics

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Kristof Vliegen
Aces	20	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	66.0%	63.0%
First serve points won %	84.0%	79.0%
Second serve points won %	62.0%	57.0%
Break points saved %	67.0%	75.0%
Break points converted %	25.0%	33.0%
Service points won %	76.0%	71.0%
Return points won %	29.0%	24.0%
Total points won %	51.0%	49.0%
Match Serve+	+14.0	+8.2
Match Return+	-8.2	-14.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2006 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Kristof Vliegen
Country	CRO	BEL
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jun 22, 1982
Age	26	23
Height	193 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	93
Ranking points (entering)	2,180	442
Elo (entering)	1,966	1,650
Current career W-L	404–284	83–114
Current career earnings	$10,181,121	$1,964,020

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic #9 0 – 0 Kristof Vliegen #93

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gilles Muller #76	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 2006	QF
Jiri Vanek #99	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 6, 2006	R16
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #91	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 2006	R32

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Moya #31	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 2006	F

Kristof Vliegen's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paradorn Srichaphan #42	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 2006	QF
Rainer Schuettler #88	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 6, 2006	R16
Jimmy Wang #100	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 2006	R32