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Goran Ivanisevic #9 def. Greg Rusedski #4

3-6 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 12, 1997*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	3-6 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-2 6-3
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	3h 5m

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Greg Rusedski
Aces	36	34
Double faults	14	8
First serve %	55	48
First serve points won %	81	82
Second serve points won %	53	56
Break points saved %	91	56
Break points converted %	44	9
Service points won %	68	68
Return points won %	32	32
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Greg Rusedski
Country	CRO	GBR
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	Sep 6, 1973
Age	26	24
Height	194	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,291	2,511
Elo (entering)	1,844	2,049
Career W-L	561–316	415–276
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 5 – 0 Greg Rusedski

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1997	SF	Richard Krajicek	5-7 6-4 7-6(6)	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1997	SF	Tim Henman	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1997	QF	Todd Martin	6-1 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1997	R16	Magnus Norman	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 1997	R32	Andrei Medvedev	7-6(9) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data