Marin Cilic #25 def. Ivan Ljubicic #26

6-4 6-3

Marin Cilic defeated Ivan Ljubicic 6-4 6-3 in the 2011 China Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 8, 2011*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2011
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 38m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marin Cilic	Ivan Ljubicic
Aces	13	9
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	56	52
First serve points won %	82	71
Second serve points won %	52	44
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	69	58
Return points won %	42	31
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Ivan Ljubicic
Country	CRO	CRO
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Mar 19, 1979
Age	23	32
Height	198 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	26
Ranking points (entering)	1,435	1,375
Elo (entering)	1,971	1,952
Current career W-L	578–350	404–284
Current career earnings	$33,520,563	$10,181,121

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic #25 0 – 2 Ivan Ljubicic #26

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kevin Anderson #31	7-6(4) 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2011	QF
Fabio Fognini #39	6-2 6-7(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2011	R16
Di Wu #425	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2011	R32

Marin Cilic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tomas Berdych #10	6-3 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2011	F

Ivan Ljubicic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mikhail Youzhny #37	7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2011	QF
Florian Mayer #22	6-0 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2011	R16
Teymuraz Gabashvili #128	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2011	R32