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Goran Ivanisevic #3 def. Byron Black #63

7-6(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 1997*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	7-6(3) 6-2
Loser	Byron Black
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Byron Black
Aces	20	6
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	49	73
First serve points won %	88	57
Second serve points won %	42	45
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	65	53
Return points won %	47	35
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Byron Black
Country	CRO	ZIM
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Oct 6, 1969
Age	25	27
Height	194	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	63
Ranking points (entering)	2,788	739
Elo (entering)	1,932	1,780
Career W-L	561–316	239–229
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$5,159,775

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 4 – 0 Byron Black

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1997	R16	Olivier Delaitre	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1997	R32	Neville Godwin	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1997	SF	Jim Courier	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Byron Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1997	R16	Justin Gimelstob	6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1997	R32	Doug Flach	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data