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Goran Ivanisevic #3 def. D. Nestor #132

4-6 7-5 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1997*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	4-6 7-5 7-6(6)
Loser	D. Nestor
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	D. Nestor
Aces	19	15
Double faults	1	11
First serve %	63	58
First serve points won %	80	84
Second serve points won %	57	44
Break points saved %	40	50
Break points converted %	50	60
Service points won %	71	67
Return points won %	33	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	D. Nestor
Country	CRO	CAN
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Sep 4, 1972
Age	25	24
Height	194	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	132
Ranking points (entering)	2,788	344
Elo (entering)	1,908	1,563
Career W-L	561–316	69–101
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$12,835,671

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 1 – 0 D. Nestor

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1997	R16	Jan Siemerink	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

D. Nestor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1997	R64	Alex Obrien	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data