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Paul Haarhuis #68 def. Goran Ivanisevic #6

6-2 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 1996*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Paul Haarhuis
Score	6-2 7-6(6)
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Paul Haarhuis	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	5	5
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	71	48
First serve points won %	76	79
Second serve points won %	45	44
Break points saved %	80	40
Break points converted %	60	20
Service points won %	67	61
Return points won %	39	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Haarhuis	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	NED	CRO
Birth date	Feb 19, 1966	Sep 13, 1971
Age	30	24
Height	188	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	68	6
Ranking points (entering)	659	3,020
Elo (entering)	1,750	2,067
Career W-L	250–245	561–316
Career earnings	$7,751,962	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Paul Haarhuis 5 – 2 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1996	QF	Pete Sampras	7-5 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1996	R16	Renzo Furlan	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1996	R32	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1996	R64	Diego Nargiso	6-7(5) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1996	F	Michael Chang	5-7 1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1996	QF	Carlos Costa	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1996	R16	Jordi Burillo	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1996	R32	Byron Black	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data