Ivan Ljubicic vs Cedric Pioline — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · ATP · Round of 32
CRO
Ivan Ljubicic
47 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 February 2002
hard
FRA
Cedric Pioline
57 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Ljubicic I.
6-3 6-2
Pioline C.
Ljubicic I.
662
Pioline C.
32–

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Cedric Pioline 6-3 6-2 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Cedric Pioline came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Ljubicic I.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Pioline C.

Pioline C.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Ljubicic I.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Ljubicic I.Pioline C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
52%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
78%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
61%
Return points won·Even
34%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
53%
Aces / match·Dominant
11.8
6.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.9
4.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 23). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
32°CMainly clear
Wind 21 km/hHumidity 14%

Draw

Final
Santoro F.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-43-66-3
Semi-finals
Santoro F.
Novak J.
5-76-37-64
El Aynaoui Y.
Johansson T.
7-654-66-3
Quarter-finals
Novak J.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-16-1
Johansson T.
Henman T.
6-46-3
El Aynaoui Y.
Schuettler R.
6-736-46-3
Santoro F.
Ljubicic I.
6-47-65
R16
El Aynaoui Y.
Ferrero J.
7-54-62-1
Johansson T.
Calatrava A.
6-22-1
Novak J.
Pretzsch A.
7-56-0
Ljubicic I.
Kiefer N.
6-46-2
Henman T.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-4
Schuettler R.
Federer R.
6-36-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Schalken S.
6-17-65
Santoro F.
Grosjean S.
6-27-5
R32
Ferrero J.
Ulihrach B.
7-5
Kiefer N.
Ivanisevic G.
6-36-4
Federer R.
Voinea A.
6-36-4
Schuettler R.
Robredo T.
6-36-2
El Aynaoui Y.
Pavel A.
7-52-66-4
Ljubicic I.
Pioline C.
6-36-2
Johansson T.
Costa A.
6-36-0
Calatrava A.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
Mirnyi M.
Furlan R.
7-656-3
Henman T.
Awadhy O.
6-16-0
Santoro F.
Kohlmann M.
7-603-66-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Mazarakis V.
6-47-5
Schalken S.
Clement A.
6-37-61
Pretzsch A.
Boutter J.
6-46-4
Grosjean S.
Koubek S.
6-26-2
Novak J.
Hrbaty D.
6-26-1