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Ivan Ljubicic #5 def. Robin Soderling #25

3-6 6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jan 6, 2007*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	3-6 6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Robin Soderling
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Robin Soderling
Aces	21	7
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	54	69
First serve points won %	75	80
Second serve points won %	57	67
Break points saved %	71	33
Break points converted %	67	29
Service points won %	67	76
Return points won %	24	33
Total points won %	47	53

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Robin Soderling
Country	CRO	SWE
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Aug 14, 1984
Age	27	22
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	25
Ranking points (entering)	2,495	1,028
Elo (entering)	1,963	1,858
Career W-L	400–282	285–166
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$10,423,124

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 2 – 1 Robin Soderling

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2007	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	2-6 7-6(2) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2007	R16	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2007	R32	Denis Gremelmayr	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2007	F	Andy Murray	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2007	QF	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2007	R16	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2007	R32	Kristof Vliegen	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data