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Ivan Lendl #3 def. Goran Ivanisevic #16

7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	3h 30m

Stat	Ivan Lendl	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	6	17
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	60	59
First serve points won %	76	67
Second serve points won %	51	50
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	66	60
Return points won %	40	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Sep 13, 1971
Age	31	19
Height	188	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	16
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,056	1,862
Career W-L	1,051–229	561–316
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 2 – 0 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Todd Woodbridge	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Patrik Kuhnen	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Richard Krajicek	3-6 2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1991	QF	Michael Stich	6-3 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Luiz Mattar	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Goran Prpic	6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Henrik Holm	6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data