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Daniel Vacek #72 def. Goran Ivanisevic #5

6-4 1-6 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 1997*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Daniel Vacek
Score	6-4 1-6 7-6(2)
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Daniel Vacek	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	15	11
Double faults	6	11
First serve %	63	57
First serve points won %	84	87
Second serve points won %	52	48
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	72	70
Return points won %	30	28
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Daniel Vacek	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	CZE	CRO
Birth date	Apr 1, 1971	Sep 13, 1971
Age	25	25
Height	190	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	72	5
Ranking points (entering)	661	3,263
Elo (entering)	1,720	2,070
Career W-L	170–219	561–316
Career earnings	$4,803,388	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Daniel Vacek 0 – 3 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Daniel Vacek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	QF	Renzo Furlan	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1997	R16	Dennis van Scheppingen	7-6(5) 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1997	R32	Jan Siemerink	7-6(3) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Daniel Vacek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1997	F	Richard Krajicek	6-7(4) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1997	QF	Petr Korda	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1997	R16	Guillaume Raoux	7-5 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1997	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data