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Goran Ivanisevic #15 def. Bernd Karbacher #217

7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 1998*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-3
Loser	Bernd Karbacher
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Bernd Karbacher
Aces	14	14
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	50	59
First serve points won %	86	69
Second serve points won %	46	62
Break points saved %	67	33
Break points converted %	67	33
Service points won %	66	66
Return points won %	34	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Bernd Karbacher
Country	CRO	GER
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Apr 3, 1968
Age	26	29
Height	194	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	15	217
Ranking points (entering)	2,176	196
Elo (entering)	1,879	1,651
Career W-L	561–316	133–157
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$2,043,057

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 3 – 2 Bernd Karbacher

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1998	R16	Marc Rosset	6-7(4) 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1998	R32	Hicham Arazi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1998	SF	Fabrice Santoro	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Bernd Karbacher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1998	R16	Magnus Larsson	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1998	R32	Tomas Nydahl	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data