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Goran Ivanisevic #300 def. John Fitzgerald #25

6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 20, 1989*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	John Fitzgerald

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	John Fitzgerald
Country	CRO	AUS
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Dec 28, 1960
Age	17	28
Height	194	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	300	25
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,548	1,785
Career W-L	561–316	230–221
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$3,207,272

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 0 – 0 John Fitzgerald

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1989	R128	Magnus Larsson	6-3 6-4 2-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1989	R32	Tom Nijssen	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

John Fitzgerald's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1989	R128	Shane Barr	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data