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Pete Sampras #1 def. Goran Ivanisevic #7

7-6(3) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 1996
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(3) 7-5
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	8	15
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	55	49
First serve points won %	88	77
Second serve points won %	54	53
Break points saved %	33	57
Break points converted %	43	67
Service points won %	73	65
Return points won %	35	27
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Sep 13, 1971
Age	25	24
Height	185	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	4,136	2,746
Elo (entering)	2,130	1,983
Career W-L	737–208	561–316
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 7 – 7 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1996	SF	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1996	QF	Tommy Haas	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1996	R16	Marcos Ondruska	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1996	R32	Donald Johnson	7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1996	SF	Todd Martin	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1996	QF	Lionel Roux	6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1996	R16	Petr Korda	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1996	R32	Javier Frana	6-7(4) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data