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Ivan Ljubicic #48 def. Marat Safin #7

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 13, 2001*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Ivan Ljubicic
Score	6-7(3) 7-6(4) 7-6(7)
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 49m

Stat	Ivan Ljubicic	Marat Safin
Aces	19	7
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	44	52
First serve points won %	85	83
Second serve points won %	57	54
Break points saved %	88	75
Break points converted %	25	12
Service points won %	70	69
Return points won %	31	30
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Ljubicic	Marat Safin
Country	CRO	RUS
Birth date	Mar 19, 1979	Jan 27, 1980
Age	22	21
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	7
Ranking points (entering)	778	2,625
Elo (entering)	1,799	1,929
Career W-L	400–282	395–247
Career earnings	$10,181,121	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Ljubicic 1 – 1 Marat Safin

Path

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2001	QF	Gaston Gaudio	6-3 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2001	R16	Julien Benneteau	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2001	R32	Gustavo Kuerten	7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Ljubicic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2001	F	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2001	QF	Max Mirnyi	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2001	R16	Noam Okun	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2001	R32	Franco Squillari	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data