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Goran Ivanisevic #6 def. Pete Sampras #2

2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 24, 1996*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 29m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Pete Sampras
Aces	10	11
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	46	57
First serve points won %	82	86
Second serve points won %	56	56
Break points saved %	78	33
Break points converted %	67	22
Service points won %	68	73
Return points won %	27	32
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Pete Sampras
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Aug 12, 1971
Age	24	24
Height	194	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,144	4,451
Elo (entering)	2,074	2,129
Career W-L	561–316	737–208
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 6 – 7 Pete Sampras

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1996	QF	Michael Chang	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1996	R16	Andrei Medvedev	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1996	R32	Javier Sanchez	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1996	R64	Richey Reneberg	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1996	F	Andre Agassi	0-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1996	QF	Vincent Spadea	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1996	R16	Todd Martin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1996	R32	Jakob Hlasek	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1996	R64	Sjeng Schalken	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data