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Goran Ivanisevic #2 def. Javier Sanchez #37

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 1, 1997*
Tournament	Zagreb
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Javier Sanchez
Duration	1h 1m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Javier Sanchez
Aces	15	3
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	63	54
First serve points won %	93	73
Second serve points won %	62	36
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	81	56
Return points won %	44	19
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Javier Sanchez
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Feb 1, 1968
Age	25	29
Height	194	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	37
Ranking points (entering)	3,566	1,031
Elo (entering)	2,006	1,728
Career W-L	561–316	321–328
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$4,427,811

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 4 – 0 Javier Sanchez

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1997	QF	Alex Radulescu	6-0 1-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1997	R16	Thomas Johansson	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1997	R32	Magnus Norman	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1997	F	Greg Rusedski	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Javier Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1997	QF	Gaston Etlis	6-0 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1997	R16	Gilbert Schaller	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1997	R32	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	7-6(6) 7-6(5)	W	—	Match data