Ivan Ljubicic vs Mikhail Youzhny — Beijing Round of 32

Beijing · 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, 4 October 2010
hard
RUS
Mikhail Youzhny
44 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
Ljubicic I.
6-3 7-6
Youzhny M.
Ljubicic I.
6772
Youzhny M.
363–

Ivan Ljubicic defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 7-6 in the Beijing round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ivan Ljubicic came in leading the head-to-head 7–1, defending last year's quarter-final. Ivan Ljubicic extended the head-to-head to 8–1.

Key context

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

Head to head

7–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-10-03BeijingQFhardIvan Ljubicic7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-2
2007-02-19RotterdamFhardMikhail Youzhny6-2 6-4
2007-01-29ZagrebSFhardIvan Ljubicic2-6 6-3 7-5
2007-01-01DohaQFhardIvan Ljubicic2-6 7-6(2) 7-6(3)
2006-08-14Cincinnati MastersR32hardIvan Ljubicic6-4 7-6(5)
2006-01-30ZagrebQFhardIvan Ljubicic6-3 6-2
2005-09-23Davis Cup WG SF: CRO vs RUSRRcarpetIvan Ljubicic3-6 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-4
2004-05-10Hamburg MastersQFclayIvan Ljubicic4-6 7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Ljubicic I.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Youzhny M.

Youzhny M.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.Youzhny M.
1st serve in·Even
58%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
77%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
66%
62%
Return points won·Even
35%
38%
Break points saved·Even
63%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
11.1
3.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.0
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (96 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Ljubicic I.Youzhny M.
Clutch Rating·Even
64
63
Break points saved·Even
91
93
Break points won·Slight edge
35
41
Deciding sets·Slight edge
79
68
Tiebreaks·Even
80
83

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
21°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 36%

Draw

Final
Djokovic N.
Ferrer D.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Djokovic N.
Isner J.
7-616-2
Ferrer D.
Ljubicic I.
6-44-66-4
Quarter-finals
Ljubicic I.
Murray A.
6-36-2
Ferrer D.
Soderling R.
6-26-4
Isner J.
Davydenko N.
7-626-4
Djokovic N.
Simon G.
6-36-2
R16
Soderling R.
Almagro N.
7-54-66-3
Isner J.
Kohlschreiber P.
7-633-66-3
Djokovic N.
Fish M.
W/O
Simon G.
Berrer M.
6-766-47-64
Murray A.
Montanes A.
7-56-3
Davydenko N.
Cilic M.
7-57-5
Ljubicic I.
Dolgopolov A.
6-37-62
Ferrer D.
Lu Y.
6-33-66-1
R32
Ferrer D.
Istomin D.
6-46-1
Montanes A.
Golubev A.
6-23-0
Dolgopolov A.
Baghdatis M.
6-46-4
Ljubicic I.
Youzhny M.
6-37-63
Fish M.
Tipsarevic J.
6-27-65
Berrer M.
Berdych T.
4-67-56-4
Davydenko N.
Mayer F.
6-36-4
Cilic M.
Bellucci T.
6-26-2
Isner J.
Yang T.
7-656-3
Kohlschreiber P.
Verdasco F.
6-27-5
Lu Y.
Marchenko I.
6-47-67
Almagro N.
Kubot L.
7-56-2
Soderling R.
Robredo T.
4-66-16-4
Murray A.
Mathieu P.
6-26-3
Djokovic N.
Gong M.
6-16-3
Simon G.
Querrey S.
6-33-66-2