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Fabrice Santoro #26 def. Ivan Ljubicic #33

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 2002*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Ivan Ljubicic
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	4	4
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	52	51
First serve points won %	81	71
Second serve points won %	47	57
Break points saved %	33	57
Break points converted %	43	67
Service points won %	65	64
Return points won %	36	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	FRA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Mar 19, 1979
Age	29	22
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	26	33
Ranking points (entering)	1,180	1,092
Elo (entering)	1,750	1,847
Career W-L	456–432	400–282
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 0 – 1 Ivan Ljubicic

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2002	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2002	R32	Michael Kohlmann	7-6(0) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 2002	SF	Jiri Novak	5-7 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2002	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2002	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data