Boris Becker #5 def. Goran Ivanisevic #4

7-6(4) 4-6 7-5

Boris Becker defeated Goran Ivanisevic 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 in the 1993 Qatar Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 10, 1993*
Tournament: Qatar Open
Edition: 1993
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 2h 29m

Match Statistics

Stat	Boris Becker	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	10	15
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	66	63
First serve points won %	75	74
Second serve points won %	54	47
Break points saved %	33	75
Break points converted %	25	67
Service points won %	68	64
Return points won %	36	32
Total points won %	51	49

Player Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	GER	CRO
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Sep 13, 1971
Age	25	21
Height	190 cm	194 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	4
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,164	2,101
Current career W-L	672–220	565–320
Current career earnings	$25,080,956	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker #5 4 – 2 Goran Ivanisevic #4

Path

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stefan Edberg #2	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1993	SF
Javier Sanchez #41	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1993	QF
Stephane Simian #106	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 1993	R16
Gary Muller	6-7(2) 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data	Jan 7, 1993	R32

Boris Becker's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrei Cherkasov #32	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1993	SF
Patrik Kuhnen #89	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 9, 1993	QF
Andrei Olhovskiy #80	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 8, 1993	R16
Hendrik Jan Davids #329	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1993	R32