Ivan Ljubicic vs Rafael Nadal Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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Ivan Ljubicic and Rafael Nadal have met 9 times. Rafael Nadal 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%).
Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 1080–228 from 1308 matches (82.57% win rate). His hard-court record is 518–151 (77.43%), on clay he stands at 484–51 (90.47%), and on grass he has gone 76–20 (79.17%) , with a carpet record of 2–6 (25.00%). He has accumulated 92 titles in total (25 hard, 63 clay, 4 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 186–105 (63.92%).
When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 5 times, with Rafael Nadal leading 3–2 (60.00%). The clay record between them sits at 4–0 (100.00% for Rafael Nadal) across 4 matches.
Date▼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
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| 2011-05-22 | Roland Garros | Clay | R16 | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 37 | Ivan Ljubicic | 7-5 6-3 6-3 | 5 | 146 | 2 | 1 | 68.1% | 81.6% | 65.2% | 2/4 |
| 2011-04-10 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 40 | Ivan Ljubicic | 6-1 6-3 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 69.6% | 75.0% | 57.1% | 5/6 |
| 2010-03-11 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | SF | 26 | Ivan Ljubicic (20) | 3 | Rafael Nadal (3) | 3-6 6-4 7-6(1) | 3 | 155 | 17 | 6 | 57.8% | 81.4% | 39.5% | 7/10 |
| 2009-10-11 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | QF | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 37 | Ivan Ljubicic | 3-6 6-3 RET | 3 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 74.5% | 68.3% | 71.4% | 5/6 |
| 2009-04-12 | Monte Carlo Masters | Clay | QF | 1 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 66 | Ivan Ljubicic (WC) | 6-3 6-3 | 3 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 71.2% | 78.4% | 46.7% | 0/1 |
| 2006-05-29 | Roland Garros | Clay | SF | 2 | Rafael Nadal (2) | 4 | Ivan Ljubicic (4) | 6-4 6-2 7-6(7) | 5 | 169 | 7 | 0 | 68.4% | 78.5% | 56.7% | 1/2 |
| 2005-10-17 | Madrid Masters | Hard | F | 2 | Rafael Nadal (1) | 12 | Ivan Ljubicic (8) | 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) | 5 | 233 | 6 | 2 | 77.4% | 71.5% | 36.1% | 8/13 |
| 2005-03-21 | Miami Masters | Hard | R16 | 31 | Rafael Nadal (29) | 14 | Ivan Ljubicic (13) | 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 | 3 | 164 | 5 | 1 | 69.5% | 74.2% | 69.0% | 2/3 |
| 2005-01-03 | Doha | Hard | QF | 22 | Ivan Ljubicic (6) | 51 | Rafael Nadal | 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 | 3 | 152 | 9 | 3 | 64.3% | 76.2% | 51.4% | 7/8 |