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Thomas Muster #3 def. Goran Ivanisevic #2

7-5 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1997*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	7-5 7-6(3)
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 42m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	AUT	CRO
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Sep 13, 1971
Age	29	25
Height	180	194
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,492	3,572
Elo (entering)	1,996	2,049
Career W-L	590–267	561–316
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 2 – 2 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Thomas Muster's path

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

Thomas Muster's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1997	SF	Jiri Novak	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1997	QF	Boris Becker	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1997	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1997	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data