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Goran Ivanisevic #6 def. Carlos Costa #38

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date Mar 17, 1996*
Tournament Indian Wells Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Goran Ivanisevic
Score6-4 6-4
Loser Carlos Costa
Duration1h 8m
StatGoran IvanisevicCarlos Costa
Aces80
Double faults13
First serve %6554
First serve points won %8972
Second serve points won %5356
Break points saved %10033
Break points converted %670
Service points won %7664
Return points won %3624
Total points won %5545

Pre-match Comparison

FieldGoran IvanisevicCarlos Costa
Country CRO ESP
Birth dateSep 13, 1971Apr 22, 1968
Age2427
Height194183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)638
Ranking points (entering)3,020913
Elo (entering)2,0611,792
Career W-L561–316237–201
Career earnings$19,878,007$3,134,189
Pre-match H2H
Goran Ivanisevic 2 2 Carlos Costa

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 16, 1996R16 Jordi Burillo 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data
Mar 14, 1996R32 Byron Black 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 17, 1996SF Paul Haarhuis 2-6 6-7(6)LH2HMatch data

Carlos Costa's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 16, 1996R16 Albert Costa 6-3 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Mar 14, 1996R32 Boris Becker 6-3 7-5WH2HMatch data
Mar 13, 1996R64 Alex Obrien 7-6(5) 1-6 7-5WMatch data