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Boris Becker #13 def. Goran Ivanisevic #6

6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 15, 1994*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Boris Becker	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	3	7
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	55	51
First serve points won %	83	71
Second serve points won %	55	50
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	GER	CRO
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Sep 13, 1971
Age	26	22
Height	190	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,896	2,706
Elo (entering)	1,935	1,977
Career W-L	670–219	561–316
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 5 – 3 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1994	QF	Michael Stich	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1994	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1994	R32	Javier Sanchez	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1994	R64	Karel Novacek	6-1 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1994	F	Pete Sampras	1-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1994	QF	Jacco Eltingh	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1994	R16	Richard Krajicek	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1994	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1994	R64	Amos Mansdorf	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data