Fabrice Santoro #26 def. Ivan Ljubicic #33

6-4 7-6(5)

Fabrice Santoro defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-4 7-6(5) in the 2002 Dubai Tennis Championships quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatFabrice SantoroIvan Ljubicic
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
44
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
20
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
52.1%50.8%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
81.1%71.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
47.1%56.7%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
33.3%57.1%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
64.8%63.9%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
42.9%66.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
36.1%35.2%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
51.5%48.5%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+2.5+1.6
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-1.6-2.5

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2002 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldFabrice SantoroIvan Ljubicic
Country FRA CRO
Birth dateDec 9, 1972Mar 19, 1979
Age2922
Height178 cm193 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandOne-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2633
Ranking points (entering)1,1801,092
Elo (entering)1,7501,849
Current career W-L462–435404–284
Current career earnings$10,013,832$10,181,121
Pre-match H2H
Fabrice Santoro #26 0 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic #33

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Sebastien Grosjean #96-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataMar 1, 2002R16
Michael Kohlmann #1207-6(0) 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataFeb 28, 2002R32

Fabrice Santoro's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jiri Novak #175-7 6-3 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataMar 2, 2002SF

Ivan Ljubicic's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Nicolas Kiefer #476-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataMar 1, 2002R16
Cedric Pioline #896-3 6-2WH2HMatch dataFeb 28, 2002R32