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Ivan Ljubicic vs Xavier Malisse Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ivan Ljubicic seasons:20122011201020092008
Xavier Malisse seasons:20132012201120102009
🇭🇷 Ivan Ljubicic
🇧🇪 Xavier Malisse
Age: 47y 91d (1979-03-19)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1980-07-19) Age: 45y 334d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 2
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 1–2Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Masters 1000 2–1250 0–1
LWWL
WLLW

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🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic and 🇧🇪Xavier Malisse have met 4 times. The series is tied 2–2.

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%).

🇧🇪Xavier Malisse, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 294–273 from 567 matches (51.85% win rate). His hard-court record is 165–168 (49.55%), on clay he stands at 58–59 (49.57%), and on grass he has gone 50–30 (62.50%) , with a carpet record of 21–16 (56.76%). He has accumulated 3 titles in total (3 hard). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 16–41 (28.07%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with Xavier Malisse leading 2–1 (66.67%). 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
2010-09-20MetzHardR1655🇧🇪Xavier Malisse17🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic (3)7-5 6-23805169.0%75.0%66.7%1/1
2004-08-02Cincinnati MastersHardR6426🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic37🇧🇪Xavier Malisse4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5)314518243.9%78.0%62.5%5/7
2003-05-05Rome MastersClayR6446🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic26🇧🇪Xavier Malisse6-2 6-43744041.2%81.0%66.7%2/2
2002-08-05Cincinnati MastersHardR3223🇧🇪Xavier Malisse34🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic4-6 7-6(7) 7-6(7)314915156.8%84.1%54.2%5/7

Wins

Ivan Ljubicic
Xavier Malisse
2–2Overall
2–1Masters 1000
0–1ATP 250
1–2Hard
1–0Clay

Sets Format

50.0%2
50.0%2
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ivan Ljubicic
Xavier Malisse

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ivan Ljubicic
Xavier Malisse

Sets

50.0%5
50.0%5
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
62.5%5
37.5%3
Masters 1000
37.5%3
62.5%5
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivan Ljubicic
Xavier Malisse

Games

50.0%55
50.0%55
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
53.3%48
46.7%42
Masters 1000
46.7%43
53.3%49
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
66.7%12
33.3%6
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivan Ljubicic
Xavier Malisse

Overview

By Surface

Ivan Ljubicic
Xavier Malisse

By Tournament Level

Ivan Ljubicic
Xavier Malisse

By Round

Ivan Ljubicic
Xavier Malisse

By Opponent Ranking

Ivan LjubicicXavier Malisse
6.3%1-15
vs Top 1
0%0-5
28.1%18-46
vs Top 5
19.2%5-21
36.4%40-70
vs Top 10
28.1%16-41
42.9%78-104
vs Top 20
32%41-87
56.3%325-252
vs Top 100
47%202-228
69.9%102-44
vs +100
67.2%92-45
44.2%117-148
vs Higher
42.2%127-174
67.7%310-148
vs Lower
62.8%167-99

Opponent Breakdown

Ivan LjubicicXavier Malisse
61%260-166
Vs Younger
48.9%135-141
56.4%168-130
Vs Older
54.6%159-132
60.1%392-260
Vs Right-Handed
50.2%252-250
49.3%35-36
Vs Left-Handed
64.6%42-23
58.5%233-165
Vs 2H Backhand
45.1%146-178
58.8%124-87
Vs 1H Backhand
52%78-72
57.5%357-264
Vs Shorter
55.7%136-108
67.9%36-17
Vs Taller
48.4%106-113

Pressure Situations