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Goran Ivanisevic #9 def. Richard Krajicek #17

5-7 6-4 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 1997*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	5-7 6-4 7-6(6)
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Richard Krajicek
Aces	24	14
Double faults	13	8
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	78	81
Second serve points won %	48	43
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	66	65
Return points won %	35	34
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Richard Krajicek
Country	CRO	NED
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Dec 6, 1971
Age	26	25
Height	194	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	17
Ranking points (entering)	2,291	1,900
Elo (entering)	1,823	1,951
Career W-L	561–316	408–207
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 7 – 2 Richard Krajicek

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1997	QF	Bohdan Ulihrach	7-6(2) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1997	R16	Chris Woodruff	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1997	R32	Frederik Fetterlein	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1997	F	Greg Rusedski	3-6 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1997	QF	Magnus Larsson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1997	R16	Arnaud Clement	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1997	R32	Filip Dewulf	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data