Nicolas Mahut #65 def. Ivan Ljubicic #8

6-4 6-4

Nicolas Mahut defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-4 6-4 in the 2007 Marseille round of 32 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 15, 2007*
Tournament: Marseille
Edition: 2007
Category: International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 1h 26m

Match Statistics

Stat	Nicolas Mahut	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	8	18
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	49	54
First serve points won %	80	80
Second serve points won %	65	42
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	72	62
Return points won %	38	28
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	Nicolas Mahut	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	FRA	CRO
Birth date	Jan 21, 1982	Mar 19, 1979
Age	25	27
Height	191 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	65	8
Ranking points (entering)	566	2,270
Elo (entering)	1,625	1,957
Current career W-L	179–224	404–284
Current career earnings	$12,886,495	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Mahut #65 0 – 0 Ivan Ljubicic #8

Path

Nicolas Mahut's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
George Bastl #176	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 2007	Q3
Thiemo de Bakker #431	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 12, 2007	Q2
Sebastien De Chaunac #613	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 12, 2007	Q1

Nicolas Mahut's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jarkko Nieminen #20	4-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 2007	R16

Ivan Ljubicic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.