Ivan Ljubicic vs Wayne Black — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · ATP · Round of 32
CRO
Ivan Ljubicic
47 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 February 2003
hard
ZIM
Wayne Black
52 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWWWLWWLW
Ljubicic I.
7-5 6-3
Black W.
Ljubicic I.
762
Black W.
53–

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Wayne Black 7-5 6-3 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ivan Ljubicic came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Ivan Ljubicic closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Ljubicic I.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Black W.

Black W.serving83% hold

wins 65% 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.Black W.
1st serve in·Even
59%
57%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
78%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
54%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
59%
Return points won·Even
34%
35%
Break points saved·Clear edge
64%
48%
Aces / match·Dominant
11.8
0.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.9
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 5). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
27°CPartly cloudy
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 51%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Novak J.
6-17-62
Semi-finals
Novak J.
Robredo T.
6-46-1
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Novak J.
Schalken S.
6-46-4
Robredo T.
Lopez F.
6-746-36-4
Ljubicic I.
Schuettler R.
6-36-4
Federer R.
Arazi H.
7-56-3
R16
Lopez F.
El Aynaoui Y.
7-627-65
Robredo T.
Safin M.
7-54-67-63
Schuettler R.
Mirnyi M.
7-664-67-68
Ljubicic I.
Savolt A.
6-46-4
Novak J.
Stoliarov A.
6-16-1
Arazi H.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-44-66-3
Schalken S.
Santoro F.
3-67-627-65
Federer R.
Abel M.
6-47-5
R32
Abel M.
Heuberger I.
0-1
Stoliarov A.
Ivanisevic G.
6-6
Mirnyi M.
Voinea A.
6-46-2
Robredo T.
Bjorkman J.
6-26-3
Lopez F.
Kutsenko V.
7-656-2
El Aynaoui Y.
Awadhy O.
6-06-3
Novak J.
Hrbaty D.
6-13-66-3
Santoro F.
Koubek S.
6-716-26-0
Schalken S.
Youzhny M.
7-56-0
Schuettler R.
Krajan Z.
6-42-66-3
Safin M.
Waske A.
6-46-2
Ljubicic I.
Black W.
7-56-3
Federer R.
Labadze I.
6-36-3
Arazi H.
Vacek J.
6-26-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Van Lottum J.
6-24-66-3
Savolt A.
Henman T.
5-77-636-4