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Tim Henman #24 def. Goran Ivanisevic #3

4-6 7-6(1) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 1997*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	4-6 7-6(1) 6-1
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	1h 35m

Stat	Tim Henman	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	10	10
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	59	48
First serve points won %	80	72
Second serve points won %	51	48
Break points saved %	75	0
Break points converted %	100	25
Service points won %	68	59
Return points won %	41	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	GBR	CRO
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Sep 13, 1971
Age	22	25
Height	185	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	24	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,389	3,492
Elo (entering)	1,877	2,017
Career W-L	468–260	561–316
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 0 – 0 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1997	QF	Alex Obrien	1-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 10, 1997	R16	Sergi Bruguera	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1997	R32	Renzo Furlan	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1997	F	Carlos Moya	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 1997	QF	Sandon Stolle	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 1997	R16	Javier Sanchez	6-4 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1997	R32	Marc Kevin Goellner	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data