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Goran Ivanisevic #12 def. Kenneth Carlsen #78

6-3 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 1998*
Tournament	Shanghai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-3 7-6(2)
Loser	Kenneth Carlsen
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Kenneth Carlsen
Aces	14	5
Double faults	10	2
First serve %	60	51
First serve points won %	86	67
Second serve points won %	34	49
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Kenneth Carlsen
Country	CRO	DEN
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Apr 17, 1973
Age	27	25
Height	194	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	12	78
Ranking points (entering)	2,203	596
Elo (entering)	1,905	1,617
Career W-L	561–316	239–273
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$2,990,980

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 4 – 0 Kenneth Carlsen

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Justin Gimelstob	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Brett Steven	6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1998	SF	Ramon Delgado	5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Kenneth Carlsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1998	R16	Steve Campbell	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1998	R32	Martin Sinner	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data