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Goran Ivanisevic #4 def. Christian Ruud #56

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	4-6 6-2 6-7(7) 6-3 6-3
Loser	Christian Ruud
Duration	3h 14m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Christian Ruud
Aces	39	13
Double faults	16	7
First serve %	56	65
First serve points won %	86	70
Second serve points won %	45	46
Break points saved %	91	57
Break points converted %	43	9
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Christian Ruud
Country	CRO	NOR
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Aug 24, 1972
Age	25	24
Height	194	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	56
Ranking points (entering)	3,465	780
Elo (entering)	2,013	1,735
Career W-L	561–316	98–128
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$1,399,813

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 2 – 0 Christian Ruud

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1997	QF	Thomas Muster	4-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Christian Ruud's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Neville Godwin	7-6(6) 6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Leander Paes	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Jan Siemerink	3-6 4-6 7-5 6-2 10-8	W	H2H	Match data