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Goran Ivanisevic #8 def. Grant Stafford #69

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1994*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Goran Ivanisevic
Score	6-3 6-2 7-6(3)
Loser	Grant Stafford

Stat	Goran Ivanisevic	Grant Stafford
Aces	14	4
Double faults	7	6
First serve %	55	60
First serve points won %	83	65
Second serve points won %	37	39
Break points saved %	67	70
Break points converted %	30	33
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Goran Ivanisevic	Grant Stafford
Country	CRO	RSA
Birth date	Sep 13, 1971	May 27, 1971
Age	22	22
Height	194	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	69
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,039	1,799
Career W-L	561–316	83–111
Career earnings	$19,878,007	$1,307,208

Pre-match H2H

Goran Ivanisevic 0 – 0 Grant Stafford

Path

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1994	R32	Aaron Krickstein	3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1994	R64	Jason Stoltenberg	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1994	R128	Alex Obrien	6-1 6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1994	QF	Jim Courier	6-7(7) 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1994	R32	Marc Rosset	3-6 6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1994	R64	Emilio Sanchez	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1994	R128	Mark Philippoussis	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data