Ivan Ljubicic News Archives

Ivan Ljubicic won his first ATP World Tour title in Lyon in 2001. No. 3 seed and 2001 champion Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia meets wild card and Frenchman Michael Llodra on Sunday in the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon championship.

Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia reached the semifinals of the Lyon Grand Prix on Friday by beating Florent Serra of France 7-6 , 6-2. Ljubicic, the 2001 Lyon champion, served 16 aces and broke his opponent twice in the second set before closing out the game on his second match point.

Third seed Ivan Ljubicic , the 2001 champion, fired 27 aces past Nicolas Kiefer in a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon on Thursday.A Ljubicic converted two of 11 break point opportunities to extend his record to 4-0 over No.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 LYON, France: Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga served 14 aces and needed two tie-breakers to beat Kevin Kim of the United States 7-6 , 7-6 in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix on Tuesday.

Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia beat Martin Vassallo Arguello of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix.

Moments after the 66th-ranked Cypriot captured his first tournament title in 32 months with today's 6-1, 7-5 victory over Olivier Rochus in the IF Stockholm Open final, Baghdatis dropped to his knees and kissed the court in the Royal Tennis Hall in jubilation.

Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6 , 6-3 in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.A This is Davydenko's fourth title of the season and his third career Masters title.

Ivan Ljubicic , former world number three, expresses his love of Guns and Roses, Metallica and George Clooney.

The sixth-seeded Davydenko broke decisively in the sixth game of the second set to collect his 18th career title.

Top seed Rafa Nadal moved into the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Friday when Ivan Ljubicic became the eighth player to retire from the $3.24 million tournament.

Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who will meet Ivan Ljubicic in the quarter-finals, has a 4-1 record against the Croatian.

Gael Monfils of France and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland joined the long list of injury withdrawals from the Shanghai Masters, pulling out of their tennis matches Thursday.

Gael Monfils, under the guidance of Lleyton Hewitt's former coach Roger Rasheed, improved to a 35-15 season record.

BEIJING BARRAGE: Rafael Nadal, Marat Safin and Ivan Ljubicic advanced to the quarter-finals yesterday, while Nadia Petrova upset Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 REUTERS, BEIJING Friday, Oct 09, 2009, Page 20 Marat Safin of Russia plays a shot during his second-round match against Fernando Gonzalez of Chile at the China Open in Beijing yesterday.

SERBIA'S Novak Djokovic cruised into the semifinals of the China Open with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 victory against Spain's Fernando Verdasco on Friday.

SERENA Williams was knocked out of the China Open on Thursday, losing to Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in the third round only days before officially recovering her No.

Former World No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic continued his quest for an eighth ATP World Tour title Thursday, hitting 14 aces to beat Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 7-6 , 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 35 minutes at the China Open in Beijing.A The 30-year-old Croatian advanced to his seventh ATP World Tour quarter-final this year and improved to a 23-19 match record ...

Fourth seed Gael Monfils powered past Turkish qualifier Marsel Ilhan 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the Japan Open on Monday.