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Goran Ivanisevic #7 def. Patrick Rafter #77

7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1996*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7) 6-1
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Patrick Rafter
Aces	24	13
Double faults	9	4
First serve %	56	59
First serve points won %	91	80
Second serve points won %	54	57
Break points saved %	80	67
Break points converted %	33	20
Service points won %	75	71
Return points won %	29	25
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Patrick Rafter
Country	CRO	AUS
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	24	23
Height	194	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	7	77
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,963	1,795
Career W-L	561–316	332–177
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 0 – 0 Patrick Rafter

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1996	R32	Alexander Volkov	7-6(3) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1996	R64	Pierre Bouteyre	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1996	R128	David Nainkin	6-2 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1996	QF	Jason Stoltenberg	3-6 6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1996	R32	Marc Rosset	4-6 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1996	R64	Gianluca Pozzi	6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1996	R128	Daniel Vacek	6-2 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data