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Ivan Ljubicic vs Nicolas Kiefer Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ivan Ljubicic seasons:20122011201020092008
Nicolas Kiefer seasons:20102009200820072006
🇭🇷 Ivan Ljubicic
🇩🇪 Nicolas Kiefer
Age: 47y 45d (1979-03-19)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1977-07-05) Age: 48y 302d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
4 - 0
Wins: 100.0% - 0.0%
Hard 2–0Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Davis Cup 1–0500 1–0Others 1–0250 1–0
WWWW
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🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic and 🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer have met 4 times. Ivan Ljubicic currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–0.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic has compiled an overall career record of 429–296 across 725 matches, translating to a win rate of 59.17%. On hard courts his record stands at 247–163 (60.24%), while on clay he holds a 105–81 (56.45%) mark. On grass the numbers read 24–26 (48.00%) , and on carpet 53–26 (67.09%). Throughout his career he has won 10 titles (7 hard, 1 grass, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 40–70 (36.36%).

🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 366–274 from 640 matches (57.19% win rate). His hard-court record is 225–145 (60.81%), on clay he stands at 57–67 (45.97%), and on grass he has gone 44–30 (59.46%) , with a carpet record of 40–32 (55.56%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (5 hard, 1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 35–74 (32.11%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, with Ivan Ljubicic leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Ivan Ljubicic) across 1 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2009-10-26LyonHardR1629🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic (3)98🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-3 3-6 6-3310327071.2%84.6%52.4%0/1
2006-05-22World Team ChampionshipClayF4🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic13🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-4 6-43635152.8%78.9%76.5%0/0
2002-02-25DubaiHardR1633🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic47🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer6-4 6-238511542.0%85.7%51.7%1/3
2002-02-08Davis Cup WG R1: CRO vs GERCarpetRR33🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic44🇩🇪Nicolas Kiefer7-6(1) 6-43------0/0

Wins

Ivan Ljubicic
Nicolas Kiefer
4–0Overall
1–0ATP 500
1–0ATP 250
1–0Others
1–0Davis Cup
2–0Hard
1–0Clay
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

100.0%4
0.0%0
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%3
0.0%0
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ivan Ljubicic
Nicolas Kiefer

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ivan Ljubicic
Nicolas Kiefer

Sets

88.9%8
11.1%1
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
80.0%4
20.0%1
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%2
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivan Ljubicic
Nicolas Kiefer

Games

59.1%52
40.9%36
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
60.0%27
40.0%18
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
60.0%12
40.0%8
Clay
56.5%13
43.5%10
Carpet
Ivan Ljubicic
Nicolas Kiefer

Overview

By Surface

Ivan Ljubicic
Nicolas Kiefer

By Tournament Level

Ivan Ljubicic
Nicolas Kiefer

By Round

Ivan Ljubicic
Nicolas Kiefer

By Opponent Ranking

Ivan LjubicicNicolas Kiefer
6.3%1-15
vs Top 1
0%0-10
28.1%18-46
vs Top 5
30.4%17-39
36.4%40-70
vs Top 10
32.1%35-74
42.9%78-104
vs Top 20
38.4%71-114
56.3%325-252
vs Top 100
51.8%268-249
69.9%102-44
vs +100
79.3%96-25
44.2%117-148
vs Higher
44.9%135-166
67.7%310-148
vs Lower
68.2%229-107

Opponent Breakdown

Ivan LjubicicNicolas Kiefer
61%260-166
Vs Younger
58.4%164-117
56.4%168-130
Vs Older
56.3%202-157
60.1%392-260
Vs Right-Handed
56.2%316-246
49.3%35-36
Vs Left-Handed
64.1%50-28
58.5%233-165
Vs 2H Backhand
51.9%140-130
58.8%124-87
Vs 1H Backhand
56%98-77
57.5%357-264
Vs Shorter
54.7%87-72
67.9%36-17
Vs Taller
56.2%214-167

Pressure Situations