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Ivan Ljubicic vs Novak Djokovic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ivan Ljubicic seasons:20122011201020092008
Novak Djokovic seasons:20262025202420232022
🇭🇷 Ivan Ljubicic
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic
Age: 47y 91d (1979-03-19)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
3,760pts
#8
(1987-05-22) Age: 39y 27d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 7
Wins: 22.2% - 77.8%
Hard 1–5Clay 0–2Grass 0–0
250 1–0Masters 1000 1–4Slam 0–1500 0–1Davis Cup 0–1
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Match Prediction

UnderdogFavorite
9.2%90.8%
+606-991

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🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic and 🇷🇸Novak Djokovic have met 9 times. Novak Djokovic currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–2.

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%).

🇷🇸Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1172–236 from 1408 matches (83.24% win rate). His hard-court record is 741–137 (84.40%), on clay he stands at 297–74 (80.05%), and on grass he has gone 125–21 (85.62%) , with a carpet record of 9–4 (69.23%). He has accumulated 101 titles in total (72 hard, 21 clay, 8 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 265–121 (68.65%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 6 times, with Novak Djokovic leading 5–1 (83.33%). The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for Novak Djokovic) across 2 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2010-10-10Shanghai MastersHardR322🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (2)17🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic6-3 6-33814156.1%81.3%68.0%6/6
2010-07-09Davis Cup WG QF: CRO vs SRBHardRR2🇷🇸Novak Djokovic16🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic7-6(3) 6-4 6-15------0/0
2010-03-11Indian Wells MastersHardR1626🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic (20)2🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (2)7-5 6-3310513061.6%73.3%57.1%6/7
2010-02-22DubaiHardQF2🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (2)26🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic2-6 6-4 6-031093457.1%72.7%51.5%3/5
2009-08-31US OpenHardR1284🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (4)51🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic6-3 6-1 6-35979078.8%82.7%64.3%0/0
2009-08-16Cincinnati MastersHardR324🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (4)54🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic (Q)7-6(5) 6-431009157.1%97.2%63.0%1/1
2009-05-10Madrid MastersClayQF4🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (3)54🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic (WC)6-4 6-431055163.9%76.9%63.6%2/2
2008-04-20Monte Carlo MastersClayR323🇷🇸Novak Djokovic (3)29🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic6-3 6-33823063.5%65.0%60.9%7/8
2006-01-30ZagrebCarpetSF5🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic (1)81🇷🇸Novak Djokovic6-7(6) 6-3 6-4314116366.7%86.8%44.1%3/3

Wins

Ivan Ljubicic
Novak Djokovic
2–7Overall
0–1Grand Slam
1–4Masters 1000
0–1ATP 500
1–0ATP 250
0–1Davis Cup
1–5Hard
0–2Clay
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

28.6%2
71.4%5
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo5
20.0%1
80.0%4
2 Sets
25.0%1
75.0%3
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ivan Ljubicic
Novak Djokovic

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ivan Ljubicic
Novak Djokovic

Sets

22.7%5
77.3%17
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
20.0%2
80.0%8
Masters 1000
20.0%3
80.0%12
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
100.0%4
Clay
66.7%2
33.3%1
Carpet
Ivan Ljubicic
Novak Djokovic

Games

42.2%89
57.8%122
All
28.0%7
72.0%18
Grand Slam
43.0%43
57.0%57
Masters 1000
40.4%57
59.6%84
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
36.8%14
63.2%24
Clay
56.3%18
43.8%14
Carpet
Ivan Ljubicic
Novak Djokovic

Overview

By Surface

Ivan Ljubicic
Novak Djokovic

By Tournament Level

Ivan Ljubicic
Novak Djokovic

By Round

Ivan Ljubicic
Novak Djokovic

By Opponent Ranking

Ivan LjubicicNovak Djokovic
6.3%1-15
vs Top 1
42.1%16-22
28.1%18-46
vs Top 5
60.1%128-85
36.4%40-70
vs Top 10
68.7%265-121
42.9%78-104
vs Top 20
72.8%406-152
56.3%325-252
vs Top 100
82.2%1018-220
69.9%102-44
vs +100
91%151-15
44.2%117-148
vs Higher
54.5%73-61
67.7%310-148
vs Lower
86.3%1096-174

Opponent Breakdown

Ivan LjubicicNovak Djokovic
61%260-166
Vs Younger
86.5%532-83
56.4%168-130
Vs Older
80.7%640-153
60.1%392-260
Vs Right-Handed
84.2%1028-193
49.3%35-36
Vs Left-Handed
77%144-43
58.5%233-165
Vs 2H Backhand
84.1%893-169
58.8%124-87
Vs 1H Backhand
79.9%255-64
57.5%357-264
Vs Shorter
82%593-130
67.9%36-17
Vs Taller
84.4%411-76

Pressure Situations