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Fabrice Santoro #29 def. Goran Ivanisevic #15

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 1998*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	3	0
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	61	51
First serve points won %	74	56
Second serve points won %	50	33
Break points saved %	67	17
Break points converted %	83	33
Service points won %	65	45
Return points won %	55	35
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	FRA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Sep 13, 1971
Age	25	26
Height	178	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	15
Ranking points (entering)	1,267	2,176
Elo (entering)	1,849	1,886
Career W-L	456–432	561–316
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 1 – 4 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1998	QF	Greg Rusedski	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1998	R16	Martin Sinner	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1998	R32	Magnus Gustafsson	6-7(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1998	F	Petr Korda	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1998	QF	Bernd Karbacher	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1998	R16	Marc Rosset	6-7(4) 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1998	R32	Hicham Arazi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data