Goran Ivanisevic #5 def. David Prinosil #59

6-0 7-6(6)

Goran Ivanisevic defeated David Prinosil 6-0 7-6(6) in the 1997 Milan semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 1, 1997*
Tournament: Milan
Edition: 1997
Category: Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 1m

Match Statistics

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	David Prinosil
Aces	16	7
Double faults	5	0
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	91	62
Second serve points won %	50	47
Break points saved %	0	64
Break points converted %	36	100
Service points won %	72	55
Return points won %	45	28
Total points won %	58	42

Player Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	David Prinosil
Country	CRO	GER
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Mar 9, 1973
Age	25	23
Height	194 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	59
Ranking points (entering)	3,285	746
Elo (entering)	2,029	1,753
Current career W-L	565–320	165–210
Current career earnings	$19,878,007	$4,016,496

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic #5 3 – 1 David Prinosil #59

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Daniel Vacek #71	6-3 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 1997	QF
Cedric Pioline #27	7-6(9) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 1997	R16
Andrei Olhovskiy #123	7-6(2) 6-7(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 1997	R32

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sergi Bruguera #47	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 2, 1997	F

David Prinosil's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Petr Korda #29	4-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 1, 1997	QF
Mark Philippoussis #42	6-7(4) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 1997	R16
Michael Stich #32	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 1997	R32