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Goran Ivanisevic #6 def. Stefan Edberg #28

6-3 6-4 7-6(9)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-3 6-4 7-6(9)
Loser	Stefan Edberg

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Stefan Edberg
Aces	25	3
Double faults	4	11
First serve %	61	51
First serve points won %	84	70
Second serve points won %	46	39
Break points saved %	71	56
Break points converted %	44	29
Service points won %	69	55
Return points won %	45	31
Total points won %	57	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Stefan Edberg
Country	CRO	SWE
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Jan 19, 1966
Age	24	30
Height	194	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	28
Ranking points (entering)	2,831	1,197
Elo (entering)	1,988	1,931
Career W-L	561–316	744–246
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$20,630,941

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 7 – 9 Stefan Edberg

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1996	R16	Andrei Medvedev	6-4 3-6 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-3 6-2 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Scott Draper	6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Andrei Chesnokov	1-6 6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1996	SF	Pete Sampras	3-6 4-6 7-6(9) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1996	R16	Tim Henman	6-7(2) 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Paul Haarhuis	6-4 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Bernd Karbacher	3-6 6-3 6-3 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Richard Krajicek	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data