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Career finals
Discipline
Type
Won
Lost
Total
WR 1
Singles
Grand Slam tournaments
–
–
–
–
Year-end championships
–
–
–
–
ATP Masters 1000 2
1
3
4
0.25
Olympic Games
–
–
–
–
ATP Tour 500
2
3
5
0.40
ATP Tour 250
7
8
15
0.47
Total
10
14
24
0.42
Doubles
Grand Slam tournaments
–
–
–
–
Year-end championships
–
–
–
–
ATP Masters 1000 2
–
–
–
–
Olympic Games
–
–
–
–
ATP Tour 500
–
–
–
–
ATP Tour 250
–
4
4
0.00
Total
–
4
4
0.00
Total
10
18
28
0.36
1) WR = Winning Rate
2) Formerly known as "Super 9" (1996–1999), "Tennis Masters Series" (2000–2003) or "ATP Masters Series" (2004–2008)
This is a list of main career statistics of Croatian former professional tennis player Ivan Ljubičić . All statistics are according to the ATP World Tour [ 1] [ 2] and ITF website.
Significant finals
Olympics medal matches
Doubles: 1 (1 bronze medal)
ATP Masters Series tournaments
Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)
Result
Year
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
2005
Madrid , Spain
Hard (i)
Rafael Nadal
6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss
2005
Paris , France
Carpet (i)
Tomáš Berdych
3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6
Loss
2006
Miami , US
Hard
Roger Federer
6–7(5–7) , 6–7(4–7) , 6–7(6–8)
Win
2010
Indian Wells , US
Hard
Andy Roddick
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–5)
Career finals
ATP career finals
Singles: 24 (10 titles, 14 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–8)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–12)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–2)
Titles by setting
Outdoors (4–4)
Indoors (6–10)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
Oct 2001
Lyon , France
Carpet (i)
Younes El Aynaoui
6–3, 6–2
Loss
1.
Jan 2004
Doha , Qatar
Hard
Nicolas Escudé
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss
2.
Jan 2005
Doha, Qatar
Hard
Roger Federer
3–6, 1–6
Loss
3.
Feb 2005
Marseille , France
Hard (i)
Joachim Johansson
5–7, 4–6
Loss
4.
Feb 2005
Rotterdam , Netherlands
Hard (i)
Roger Federer
7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Loss
5.
Feb 2005
Dubai , UAE
Hard
Roger Federer
1–6, 7–6(8–6) , 3–6
Win
2.
Oct 2005
Metz , France
Hard (i)
Gaël Monfils
7–6(9–7) , 6–0
Win
3.
Oct 2005
Vienna , Austria
Hard (i)
Juan Carlos Ferrero
6–2, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
6.
Oct 2005
Madrid , Spain
Hard (i)
Rafael Nadal
6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss
7.
Nov 2005
Paris , France
Carpet (i)
Tomáš Berdych
3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6
Win
4.
Jan 2006
Chennai , India
Hard
Carlos Moyà
7–6(8–6) , 6–2
Win
5.
Feb 2006
Zagreb , Croatia
Carpet (i)
Stefan Koubek
6–3, 6–4
Loss
8.
Apr 2006
Miami , USA
Hard
Roger Federer
6–7(5–7) , 6–7(4–7) , 6–7(6–8)
Loss
9.
Oct 2006
Bangkok , Thailand
Hard (i)
James Blake
3–6, 1–6
Win
6.
Oct 2006
Vienna, Austria
Hard (i)
Fernando González
6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Win
7.
Jan 2007
Doha, Qatar
Hard
Andy Murray
6–4, 6–4
Loss
10.
Feb 2007
Zagreb, Croatia
Carpet (i)
Marcos Baghdatis
6–7(4–7) , 6–4, 4–6
Loss
11.
Feb 2007
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hard (i)
Mikhail Youzhny
2–6, 4–6
Win
8.
Jun 2007
's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands
Grass
Peter Wessels
7–6(7–5) , 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss
12.
Mar 2008
Zagreb, Croatia
Hard (i)
Sergiy Stakhovsky
5–7, 4–6
Win
9.
Nov 2009
Lyon , France (2)
Hard (i)
Michaël Llodra
7–5, 6–3
Win
10.
Mar 2010
Indian Wells , USA
Hard
Andy Roddick
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–5)
Loss
13.
Oct 2010
Montpellier , France
Hard (i)
Gaël Monfils
2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss
14.
Sep 2011
Metz , France
Hard (i)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
3–6, 7–6(7–4) , 3–6
Doubles: 4 (4 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Titles by setting
Outdoors (0–2)
Indoors (0–2)
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Current till 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters .
Singles
Record against top 10 players
Ljubičić's record against players who held a top 10 ranking , with those who reached No. 1 in bold
Singles
Wins per season
Season
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Total
Wins
0
0
1
2
4
2
1
2
8
6
2
1
5
5
1
0
40
#
Player
Rank
Event
Surface
Rd
Score
1999
1.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
3
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
2R
6–1, 6–2
2000
2.
Todd Martin
8
Sydney , Australia
Hard
2R
7–6(13–11) , 6–4
3.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
3
Marseille , France
Hard (i)
2R
7–6(7–5) , 6–3
2001
4.
Magnus Norman
6
Miami , United States
Hard
3R
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
5.
Andre Agassi
2
Montreal , Canada
Hard
1R
6–2, 6–4
6.
Gustavo Kuerten
1
Lyon , France
Carpet (i)
1R
7–6(7–1) , 6–2
7.
Marat Safin
7
Lyon , France
Carpet (i)
SF
6–7(3–7) , 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(9–7)
2002
8.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
4
Rotterdam , Netherlands
Hard (i)
2R
7–6(7–4) , 4–6, 6–3
9.
Juan Carlos Ferrero
3
Rome , Italy
Clay
2R
7–5, 6–2
2003
10.
Roger Federer
3
Basel , Switzerland
Carpet (i)
2R
7–6(7–5) , 6–7(5–7) , 6–4
2004
11.
Sébastien Grosjean
10
Doha , Qatar
Hard
QF
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
12.
Tim Henman
5
Madrid , Spain
Hard (i)
3R
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2005
13.
Tim Henman
7
Dubai , United Arab Emirates
Hard
QF
7–5, 6–4
14.
Andre Agassi
9
Davis Cup , Los Angeles, United States
Hard
RR
6–3, 7–6(7–0) , 6–3
15.
Andy Roddick
3
Davis Cup , Los Angeles, United States
Hard
RR
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(13–11) , 6–7(7–9) , 6–2
16.
Nikolay Davydenko
7
Davis Cup , Split, Croatia
Carpet (i)
RR
6–3, 7–6(8–6) , 6–4
17.
Nikolay Davydenko
7
Metz , France
Hard (i)
SF
6–1, 6–4
18.
David Nalbandian
9
Madrid , Spain
Hard (i)
SF
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
19.
Andy Roddick
3
Paris , France
Carpet (i)
SF
6–3, 7–5
20.
Guillermo Coria
6
Tennis Masters Cup , Shanghai, China
Carpet (i)
RR
6–2, 6–3
2006
21.
David Nalbandian
3
Miami , United States
Hard
SF
6–1, 6–2
22.
David Nalbandian
3
Davis Cup , Zagreb, Croatia
Carpet (i)
RR
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
23.
James Blake
8
World Team Cup , Düsseldorf, Germany
Clay
RR
5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
24.
Fernando González
9
World Team Cup , Düsseldorf, Germany
Clay
RR
7–5, 6–7(4–7) , 6–4
25.
Fernando González
10
Vienna , Austria
Hard (i)
F
6–3, 6–4, 7–5
26.
David Nalbandian
7
Tennis Masters Cup , Shanghai, China
Hard (i)
RR
5–7, 7–6(9–7) , 7–5
2007
27.
Nikolay Davydenko
3
Rotterdam , Netherlands
Hard (i)
SF
4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–4)
28.
David Nalbandian
10
Indian Wells , United States
Hard
4R
2–6, 6–4, 6–2
2008
29.
Nikolay Davydenko
4
French Open , Paris, France
Clay
3R
4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2009
30.
Gilles Simon
8
Indian Wells , United States
Hard
3R
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
31.
Juan Martín del Potro
5
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
2R
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
32.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
9
Madrid , Spain
Clay
2R
6–4, 7–5
33.
Gilles Simon
7
Madrid , Spain
Clay
3R
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
34.
Fernando Verdasco
9
Shanghai , China
Hard
2R
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2010
35.
Novak Djokovic
2
Indian Wells , United States
Hard
4R
7–5, 6–3
36.
Rafael Nadal
3
Indian Wells , United States
Hard
SF
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
37.
Andy Roddick
8
Indian Wells , United States
Hard
F
7–6(7–3) , 7–6(7–5)
38.
Mikhail Youzhny
9
Beijing , China
Hard
1R
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
39.
Andy Murray
4
Beijing , China
Hard
QF
6–3, 6–2
2011
40.
Tomáš Berdych
7
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
3R
6–4, 6–2
National participation
Team competitions finals: 2 (2 titles)
Davis Cup (36–19)
Group membership
World Group (24–11)
WG Play-offs (4–0)
Group I (5–8)
Group II (3–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (6–7)
Clay (10–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (20–5)
Matches by type
Singles (23–13)
Doubles (13–6)
Matches by setting
Indoors (26–10)
Outdoors (10–9)
Matches by venue
Croatia (18–6)
Away (18–13)
Rd
Date
Opponent nation
Score
Venue
Surface
Match
Opponent player(s)
Rubber score
1998
GI 1R
Feb 1998
Finland
2–3
Helsinki
Hard
Singles 1
Ville Liukko
6–4, 4–6, 5–7, 4–6
Doubles (w/ Hiršzon )
Ketola / Liukko
2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Singles 4
Tuomas Ketola
3–6, 3–6, 3–6
GI PO
Sep 1998
Norway
3–2
Oslo
Clay
Singles 2
Jan Frode Andersen
6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 6–4
Doubles (w/ Zovko )
Andersen / Ruud
6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6
Singles 4
Christian Ruud
6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1999
GI 2R
Apr 1999
Romania
2–3
Bucharest
Clay
Singles 1
Adrian Voinea
1–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–1) , 6–7(5–7)
Doubles (w/ Zovko )
Pavel / Trifu
6–7(5–7) , 6–7(5–7) , 5–7
GI PO
Sep 1999
Portugal
1–4
Zagreb
Carpet (i)
Singles 1
Nuno Marques
4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Doubles (w/ Zovko )
Cuoto / Marques
7–6(7–4) , 6–4, 6–7(8–10) , 4–6, 2–6
2000
GII 1R
Apr 2000
Latvia
5–0
Jūrmala
Carpet (i)
Singles 2
Andris Fiļimonovs
7–6(7–0) 7–6(8–6) , 6–4
Doubles (w/ Ivanišević )
Fiļimonovs / Dzelde
6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
GII 3R
Oct 2000
Ivory Coast
5–0
Rijeka
Carpet (i)
Singles 2
Valentin Sanon
6–3, 7–6(8–6) , 6–3
2001
GI 2R
Apr 2001
Austria
4–1
Pula
Carpet (i)
Singles 2
Julian Knowle
4–6, 6–7(5–7) , 6–7(3–7)
Doubles (w/ Ivanišević )
Knowle / Melzer
6–4, 7–6(9–7) , 4–6, 6–3
Singles 4
Stefan Koubek
5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) , 6–3
Q1
Sep 2001
Italy
3–2
Rome
Clay
Singles 2
Federico Luzzi
6–4, 6–2, 6–1
Doubles (w/ Ivanišević )
Galimberti / Navarra
6–7(6–8) , 3–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–2, 6–4
2002
1R
Feb 2002
Germany
4–1
Zagreb
Carpet (i)
Singles 1
Rainer Schüttler
7–5, 6–7(3–7) , 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Doubles (w/ Ivanišević )
Kohlmann / Prinosil
6–4, 6–4, 7–5
Singles 5 (dead )
Nicolas Kiefer
7–6(7–1) , 6–4
QF
Apr 2002
Argentina
2–3
Buenos Aires
Clay
Singles 1
Gastón Gaudio
6–7(5–7) , 2–6, 3–6
Doubles (w/ Ivanišević )
Arnold Ker / Cañas
4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 8–6
Singles 4
Juan Ignacio Chela
6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–4
2003
1R
Feb 2003
United States
4–1
Zagreb
Carpet (i)
Singles 1
Mardy Fish
7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Doubles (w/ Ivanišević )
Blake / Fish
3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–4) , 6–4, 6–4
Singles 4
James Blake
6–3, 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 6–3
QF
Apr 2003
Spain
0–5
Valencia
Clay
Singles 2
Carlos Moyá
7–6(7–5) , 1–6, 4–6, 4–6
Doubles (w/ Zovko )
Corretja / Costa
2–6, 3–6, 4–6
Singles 4 (dead)
Albert Costa
3–6, 4–6
2004
1R
Feb 2004
France
1–4
Metz
Clay (i)
Singles 2
Thierry Ascione
7–5, 6–4, 6–4
Singles 4
Arnaud Clément
2–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7) , 4–6
PO
Sep 2004
Belgium
3–2
Rijeka
Carpet (i)
Singles 1
Gilles Elseneer
7–6(8–6) , 7–5, 6–4
Doubles (w/ Ančić )
Norman / Vliegen
6–7(8–10) , 6–4, 6–7(1–7) , 6–3, 7–5
2005
1R
Mar 2005
United States
3–2
Los Angeles
Hard
Singles 1
Andre Agassi
6–3, 7–6(7–0) , 6–3
Doubles (w/ Ančić )
B. Bryan / M. Bryan
3–6, 7–6(10–8) , 6–4, 6–4
Singles 4
Andy Roddick
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(13–11) , 6–7(7–9) , 6–2
QF
Jul 2005
Romania
4–1
Split
Carpet (i)
Singles 2
Victor Hănescu
6–3, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Doubles (w/ Ančić )
Pavel / Trifu
5–7, 6–4, 6–7(9–11) , 6–4, 6–4
Singles 4
Andrei Pavel
6–3, 6–4, 6–3
SF
Sep 2005
Russia
3–2
Split
Carpet (i)
Singles 2
Mikhail Youzhny
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles (w/ Ančić )
Andreev / Tursunov
6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) , 3–6, 6–4
Singles 4
Nikolay Davydenko
6–3, 7–6(8–6) , 6–4
F
Dec 2005
Slovakia
3–2
Bratislava
Hard (i)
Singles 1
Karol Kučera
6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Doubles (w/ Ančić )
Hrbatý / Mertiňák
7–6(7–5) , 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Singles 4
Dominik Hrbatý
6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
2006
1R
Feb 2006
Austria
3–2
Graz
Clay (i)
Singles 2
Stefan Koubek
6–2, 6–2, 6–4
Doubles (w/ Ančić )
Knowle / Melzer
3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 8–6
QF
Apr 2006
Argentina
2–3
Zagreb
Carpet (i)
Singles 1
Agustín Calleri
6–7(7–9) , 5–7, 7–6(8–6) , 6–1, 6–2
Doubles (w/ Čilić )
Acasuso / Nalbandian
4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Singles 4
David Nalbandian
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
2007
1R
Feb 2007
Germany
2–3
Krefeld
Hard (i)
Singles 2
Benjamin Becker
6–7(4–7) , 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
Doubles (w/ Ančić )
Kohlmann / Waske
4–6, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Singles 4
Tommy Haas
2–6, 6–7(7–9) , 4–6
2010
QF
Jul 2010
Serbia
1–4
Split
Hard (i)
Singles 1
Novak Djokovic
6–7(3–7) , 4–6, 1–6
Source: [ 3]
Notes
^ Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009 – present.
^ Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009 – present.
References