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Goran Ivanisevic #9 def. Boris Becker #4

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 1996*
Tournament	Antwerp
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Boris Becker
Aces	20	18
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	69	53
First serve points won %	84	86
Second serve points won %	65	52
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	78	70
Return points won %	30	22
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Boris Becker
Country	CRO	GER
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Nov 22, 1967
Age	24	28
Height	194	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,339	3,970
Elo (entering)	2,003	2,120
Career W-L	561–316	670–219
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 5 – 9 Boris Becker

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1996	QF	Renzo Furlan	4-6 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1996	R16	Filip Dewulf	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1996	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1996	F	Michael Stich	3-6 2-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1996	QF	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1996	R16	Andrei Olhovskiy	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1996	R32	Martin Damm Sr	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data