Thomas Muster #3 def. Goran Ivanisevic #2

7-5 7-6(3)

Thomas Muster defeated Goran Ivanisevic 7-5 7-6(3) in the 1997 Dubai Tennis Championships final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 16, 1997*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 1997
Category: World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 42m

Match Statistics

Stat	Thomas Muster	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	2	21
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	67	55
First serve points won %	71	85
Second serve points won %	62	45
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	68	67
Return points won %	33	32
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	AUT	CRO
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Sep 13, 1971
Age	29	25
Height	180 cm	194 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,492	3,572
Elo (entering)	2,005	2,032
Current career W-L	590–268	565–320
Current career earnings	$12,266,977	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster #3 2 – 2 Goran Ivanisevic #2

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jim Courier #22	7-6(3) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	SF
Christian Ruud #41	6-4 6-7(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	QF
Martin Sinner #183	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 1997	R16
Tomas Nydahl #152	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 1997	R32

Thomas Muster'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
Jiri Novak #67	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	SF
Boris Becker #13	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1997	QF
Bohdan Ulihrach #38	7-6(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 1997	R16
Younes El Aynaoui #129	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 13, 1997	R32