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Goran Ivanisevic #6 def. Andrei Medvedev #36

6-4 3-6 6-3 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3 7-6(2)
Loser	Andrei Medvedev

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Andrei Medvedev
Aces	21	12
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	59	62
First serve points won %	91	83
Second serve points won %	55	47
Break points saved %	89	67
Break points converted %	33	11
Service points won %	76	69
Return points won %	31	24
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Andrei Medvedev
Country	CRO	UKR
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Aug 31, 1974
Age	24	22
Height	194	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	36
Ranking points (entering)	2,831	1,096
Elo (entering)	1,973	1,846
Career W-L	561–316	303–211
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$6,721,598

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 3 – 1 Andrei Medvedev

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-3 6-2 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Scott Draper	6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Andrei Chesnokov	1-6 6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1996	QF	Stefan Edberg	6-3 6-4 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data

Andrei Medvedev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Petr Korda	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Jan Kroslak	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data