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Goran Ivanisevic #2 def. Jiri Novak #67

6-1 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 15, 1997*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-1 3-6 6-3
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 35m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Jiri Novak
Aces	7	2
Double faults	9	2
First serve %	41	56
First serve points won %	79	70
Second serve points won %	54	41
Break points saved %	78	60
Break points converted %	40	22
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Jiri Novak
Country	CRO	CZE
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Mar 22, 1975
Age	25	21
Height	194	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	67
Ranking points (entering)	3,572	717
Elo (entering)	2,044	1,756
Career W-L	561–316	318–250
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 0 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1997	QF	Boris Becker	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1997	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1997	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1997	F	Thomas Muster	5-7 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1997	QF	Richard Krajicek	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1997	R16	Hendrik Jan Davids	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1997	R32	Carlos Moya	2-6 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data