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Thomas Muster #5 def. Goran Ivanisevic #4

6-4 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-4 6-2 6-3
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 42m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	3	16
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	62	47
First serve points won %	66	87
Second serve points won %	51	26
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	AUT	CRO
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Sep 13, 1971
Age	29	25
Height	180	194
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	4
Ranking points (entering)	3,125	3,465
Elo (entering)	1,951	2,021
Career W-L	590–267	561–316
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 1 – 2 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1997	R16	Jim Courier	6-2 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Jens Knippschild	6-4 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Grant Stafford	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Geoff Grant	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1997	SF	Pete Sampras	1-6 6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1997	R16	Christian Ruud	4-6 6-2 6-7(7) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Chris Woodruff	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Karol Kucera	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Ben Ellwood	6-2 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data