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Alex Corretja #15 def. Goran Ivanisevic #6

7-6(5) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Alex Corretja
Score	7-6(5) 7-6(4)
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Alex Corretja	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	6	6
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	64	63
First serve points won %	77	77
Second serve points won %	59	55
Break points saved %	80	67
Break points converted %	33	20
Service points won %	71	69
Return points won %	31	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex Corretja	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Apr 11, 1974	Sep 13, 1971
Age	23	25
Height	180	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,650	2,710
Elo (entering)	1,898	2,011
Career W-L	415–277	561–316
Career earnings	$10,411,354	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Alex Corretja 0 – 2 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Alex Corretja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	QF	Karim Alami	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Carlos Moya	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Arnaud Boetsch	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Hicham Arazi	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Corretja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1997	F	Marcelo Rios	7-5 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	QF	Scott Draper	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Boris Becker	7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Christian Ruud	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Mark Woodforde	6-2 6-7(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data