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Goran Ivanisevic #16 def. Greg Rusedski #8

7-6(3) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date Feb 8, 1998*
Tournament Split
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundF
Winner Goran Ivanisevic
Score7-6(3) 7-6(5)
Loser Greg Rusedski
Duration1h 28m
StatGoran IvanisevicGreg Rusedski
Aces1616
Double faults27
First serve %6448
First serve points won %8088
Second serve points won %7052
Break points saved %—100
Break points converted %0—
Service points won %7669
Return points won %3124
Total points won %5248

Pre-match Comparison

FieldGoran IvanisevicGreg Rusedski
Country CRO GBR
Birth dateSep 13, 1971Sep 6, 1973
Age2624
Height194193
HandednessLeft-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand—
Ranking (entering)168
Ranking points (entering)1,8672,530
Elo (entering)1,8791,940
Career W-L561–316415–276
Career earnings$19,878,007$8,944,841
Pre-match H2H
Goran Ivanisevic 6 – 0 Greg Rusedski

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Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 7, 1998SF Martin Sinner 6-3 7-6(3)WH2HMatch data
Feb 7, 1998QF Jiri Novak 7-6(5) 7-6(9)WH2HMatch data
Feb 6, 1998R16 Boris Becker 7-6(6) 6-7(7) 6-4WH2HMatch data
Feb 5, 1998R32 David Prinosil 7-6(6) 6-4WH2HMatch data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Greg Rusedski's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 7, 1998SF Marc Rosset 6-7(3) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)WH2HMatch data
Feb 7, 1998QF Martin Damm Sr 6-1 6-4W—Match data
Feb 6, 1998R16 Jan Kroslak 6-4 6-3W—Match data
Feb 5, 1998R32 Gianluca Pozzi 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data