H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Goran Ivanisevic vs Javier Sanchez H2H: 5-0

Goran Ivanisevic holds a 5–0 lead over Javier Sanchez in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Goran Ivanisevic leads 2–0 on clay and 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Goran Ivanisevic won the 1997 Geneva Open semifinal 6-2 6-4.

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Goran Ivanisevic
CRO Age 54 Left-Handed 194 cm / 6'4"
H2H
5 – 0
5 main draw meetings
Javier Sanchez
ESP Age 58 Right-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Goran Ivanisevic #2 6-2 6-4 Javier Sanchez #37 Match data Feb 1, 1997* SF Geneva Open World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Carpet
Goran Ivanisevic #3 6-4 0-6 6-4 Javier Sanchez #38 Match data Jan 10, 1997* R16 Sydney International World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Hard
Goran Ivanisevic #6 6-0 6-3 Javier Sanchez #47 Match data Mar 21, 1996* R32 Miami Open Masters 1000 Hard
Goran Ivanisevic #12 5-7 7-5 6-1 Javier Sanchez #66 Match data Jul 11, 1991* R32 Swiss Open Gstaad ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250 Clay
Goran Ivanisevic #24 6-2 6-3 Javier Sanchez #40 Match data Jul 19, 1990* R32 Stuttgart Open ATP Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Goran Ivanisevic #395 #2 3,572 2,126 565 320 63.8% 1 2 1 7 11 22
Javier Sanchez #957 #23 1,256 1,847 323 329 49.5% 0 0 0 0 4 4

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Goran Ivanisevic Javier Sanchez
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1988 1–4 20.0% #371 1,478 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 1989 29–23 55.8% #40 1,691 0 0 1985 0–1 0.0% #373 1,497 0 0
18 1990 46–22 67.6% #9 1,924 0 1 1986 2–1 66.7% #225 1,529 0 0
19 1991 35–21 62.5% #16 1,923 0 2 1987 16–19 45.7% #110 1,597 0 0
20 1992 61–19 76.2% #4 2,091 0 6 1988 18–16 52.9% #55 1,709 0 1
21 1993 50–21 70.4% #7 2,031 0 9 1989 25–17 59.5% #51 1,760 0 2
22 1994 62–26 70.5% #5 1,977 0 11 1990 22–23 48.9% #70 1,691 0 2
23 1995 41–22 65.1% #10 1,888 0 12 1991 36–28 56.2% #32 1,733 0 2
24 1996 76–25 75.2% #4 1,998 0 17 1992 33–32 50.8% #41 1,701 0 2
25 1997 51–20 71.8% #15 1,856 0 20 1993 39–31 55.7% #34 1,766 0 2
26 1998 44–28 61.1% #12 1,874 0 21 1994 25–33 43.1% #42 1,587 0 3
27 1999 22–26 45.8% #62 1,713 0 21 1995 33–32 50.8% #36 1,647 0 3
28 2000 11–22 33.3% #129 1,593 0 21 1996 30–33 47.6% #37 1,719 0 4
29 2001 28–21 57.1% #12 1,810 1 22 1997 35–33 51.5% #54 1,721 0 4
30 2002 4–7 36.4% #243 1,695 1 22 1998 8–26 23.5% #168 1,506 0 4
31 2003 0–3 0.0% #657 1,643 1 22 1999 1–3 25.0% #281 1,491 0 4
32 2004 4–10 28.6% #266 1,630 1 22 2000 0–1 0.0% #957 1,481 0 4

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Goran Ivanisevic Javier Sanchez
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 1988 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1989 11 8 19 57.9% 17 10 27 63.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 1985 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
18 1990 14 9 23 60.9% 18 5 23 78.3% 5 1 6 83.3% 9 7 16 56.3% 1986 — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — —
19 1991 12 6 18 66.7% 9 8 17 52.9% 6 1 7 85.7% 8 6 14 57.1% 1987 5 8 13 38.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1992 16 5 21 76.2% 13 6 19 68.4% 7 2 9 77.8% 25 6 31 80.6% 1988 8 6 14 57.1% 10 8 18 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
21 1993 12 8 20 60.0% 15 5 20 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 21 6 27 77.8% 1989 2 4 6 33.3% 19 12 31 61.3% — — — — 4 1 5 80.0%
22 1994 10 8 18 55.6% 20 6 26 76.9% 7 2 9 77.8% 25 10 35 71.4% 1990 5 6 11 45.5% 17 15 32 53.1% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
23 1995 11 8 19 57.9% 14 6 20 70.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 9 6 15 60.0% 1991 12 11 23 52.2% 18 14 32 56.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4%
24 1996 30 10 40 75.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 34 8 42 81.0% 1992 6 9 15 40.0% 23 17 40 57.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 5 8 37.5%
25 1997 21 11 32 65.6% 4 3 7 57.1% 5 2 7 71.4% 21 4 25 84.0% 1993 11 10 21 52.4% 27 16 43 62.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
26 1998 18 14 32 56.3% 3 5 8 37.5% 8 2 10 80.0% 15 7 22 68.2% 1994 2 11 13 15.4% 23 17 40 57.5% — — — — 0 5 5 0.0%
27 1999 10 13 23 43.5% 1 6 7 14.3% 5 2 7 71.4% 6 5 11 54.5% 1995 10 9 19 52.6% 23 21 44 52.3% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
28 2000 9 15 24 37.5% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1996 15 8 23 65.2% 14 19 33 42.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 5 6 16.7%
29 2001 18 15 33 54.5% 0 2 2 0.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1997 11 12 23 47.8% 18 16 34 52.9% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 4 9 55.6%
30 2002 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1998 2 11 13 15.4% 6 13 19 31.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
31 2003 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1999 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
32 2004 1 3 4 25.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2000 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 197 142 339 58.1% 121 76 197 61.4% 70 27 97 72.2% 177 75 252 70.2% — 90 108 198 45.5% 211 181 392 53.8% 3 8 11 27.3% 19 32 51 37.3%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 632/760 of Goran Ivanisevic's and 445/492 of Javier Sanchez's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Goran Ivanisevic Javier Sanchez
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
19 1991 49/56 10.1 2.9 55.3% 79.8% 51.6% 63.4% 42.8% 67.2% 36.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 1992 59/80 13.6 3.6 55.4% 82.6% 53.0% 66.4% 43.0% 69.9% 36.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 1993 59/71 11.4 4.0 52.2% 81.9% 53.8% 61.1% 50.4% 68.5% 37.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 1994 76/88 13.7 4.4 55.2% 82.6% 51.5% 64.4% 37.3% 68.8% 37.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 1995 54/63 14.5 4.0 52.5% 82.1% 52.2% 67.6% 47.1% 68.0% 36.6% 1991 56/64 2.1 1.4 67.2% 66.5% 51.8% 61.6% 50.0% 61.6% 39.1%
24 1996 82/101 14.7 4.3 55.2% 84.8% 52.8% 67.0% 46.9% 70.4% 36.5% 1992 60/65 2.5 2.1 63.4% 67.4% 50.7% 56.3% 42.5% 61.1% 39.1%
25 1997 61/71 15.2 5.7 54.0% 83.6% 51.4% 64.3% 42.5% 68.9% 34.6% 1993 67/70 2.3 2.2 67.0% 67.0% 49.1% 56.7% 41.4% 61.3% 40.9%
26 1998 61/72 14.9 6.2 54.2% 82.2% 47.7% 63.9% 42.1% 66.4% 35.1% 1994 53/58 1.8 2.0 67.2% 66.1% 50.9% 54.1% 44.0% 60.9% 37.2%
27 1999 39/48 15.1 7.9 53.6% 80.2% 46.2% 57.3% 38.1% 64.7% 31.6% 1995 59/65 2.0 2.3 67.4% 65.2% 49.2% 57.9% 43.2% 59.9% 40.3%
28 2000 24/33 13.5 6.7 51.4% 80.8% 49.3% 67.1% 53.8% 65.3% 34.0% 1996 58/63 3.3 3.6 61.9% 68.2% 48.0% 56.4% 40.7% 60.3% 37.7%
29 2001 41/49 16.4 5.1 56.4% 81.1% 52.1% 67.0% 39.0% 68.5% 30.9% 1997 59/68 3.5 3.4 64.5% 67.8% 45.5% 56.2% 47.5% 60.0% 37.8%
30 2002 10/11 11.8 5.0 52.1% 77.5% 49.1% 54.4% 31.2% 63.7% 35.1% 1998 28/34 2.7 2.7 66.3% 63.2% 44.4% 48.1% 42.7% 56.8% 35.0%
31 2003 3/3 3.7 4.3 50.5% 70.9% 30.0% 54.1% 88.9% 52.4% 29.8% 1999 4/4 2.8 3.8 66.7% 65.8% 58.6% 68.1% 32.5% 63.0% 34.8%
32 2004 14/14 13.6 6.9 57.6% 76.0% 47.3% 60.1% 29.6% 64.1% 26.6% 2000 1/1 0.0 0.0 66.7% 62.5% 50.0% 50.0% — 58.3% 28.1%
Career — 632/885 13.8 4.8 54.3% 82.0% 51.1% 64.3% 43.3% 68.0% 35.4% — 445/652 2.5 2.5 65.6% 66.7% 49.1% 56.5% 43.8% 60.5% 38.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Goran Ivanisevic Javier Sanchez
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 1988 1478 107.3 — — — — +58 — — 23.1% -1.31 0–1 0–2 — +0.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1989 1692 142.2 — — — — -69 +43 — 51.7% +0.24 12–6 (67%) 7–6 (54%) — +0.16 1985 1497 103.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — -0.24
18 1990 1925 154.6 — — — — -105 +24 -189 63.7% +0.84 11–8 (58%) 17–16 (52%) — -2.30 1986 1529 113.1 — — — — — +34 — 62.5% +0.88 1–1 0–2 — +0.04
19 1991 1924 149.4 +5.80 -0.90 1.118 51.4% -1 -71 -149 62.3% +0.60 6–7 (46%) 16–13 (55%) — +1.26 1987 1597 132.5 — — — — -41 +44 — 48.3% -0.01 2–6 (25%) 6–6 (50%) — +0.55
20 1992 2092 163.5 +7.53 +0.27 1.208 52.7% +13 -188 -169 68.4% +0.87 8–8 (50%) 28–11 (72%) — -3.70 1988 1709 130.4 — — — — -96 +8 — 52.8% +0.21 7–4 (64%) 8–5 (62%) — +0.34
21 1993 2032 156.9 +6.92 +0.15 1.201 52.7% +10 -79 -143 66.9% +0.83 9–5 (64%) 24–13 (65%) — -1.46 1989 1761 145.8 — — — — -108 +35 — 55.9% +0.49 8–6 (57%) 13–7 (65%) — -0.51
22 1994 1977 162.0 +7.19 +0.07 1.185 52.6% -3 +32 +51 64.9% +0.86 17–7 (71%) 25–18 (58%) — -2.60 1990 1692 143.1 — — — — -33 +71 — 50.4% +0.41 7–8 (47%) 10–13 (43%) — +0.21
23 1995 1888 155.4 +5.62 -0.88 1.146 52.4% -15 +111 +129 64.3% +0.64 11–11 (50%) 18–13 (58%) — +0.19 1991 1734 133.1 +0.90 -0.14 1.019 50.5% -24 -3 — 51.9% +0.16 13–10 (57%) 14–9 (61%) — +2.68
24 1996 1998 162.3 +7.95 -0.46 1.236 53.2% +40 -83 +56 69.8% +1.01 17–6 (74%) 34–19 (64%) — -1.18 1992 1701 141.0 +0.06 +0.33 1.005 50.0% -24 +61 — 48.2% -0.09 15–13 (54%) 15–15 (50%) — -1.45
25 1997 1856 144.9 +5.72 -1.92 1.113 51.8% +37 +37 +144 63.5% +0.79 19–5 (79%) 25–20 (56%) — +1.07 1993 1767 146.2 +1.07 +1.71 1.057 50.8% -82 +89 — 52.0% +0.30 18–10 (64%) 9–16 (36%) — -0.88
26 1998 1874 155.0 +3.70 -1.02 1.043 50.9% -6 -59 +206 60.3% +0.51 10–13 (43%) 30–23 (57%) — -0.71 1994 1587 131.9 -0.04 -1.76 0.951 49.1% -72 +143 — 43.9% -0.34 9–9 (50%) 9–14 (39%) — +0.32
27 1999 1714 132.1 +2.12 -4.73 0.894 48.4% +11 -33 +317 46.9% -0.26 12–10 (55%) 11–10 (52%) — +0.73 1995 1648 138.8 -0.74 +1.39 1.006 50.1% -51 +35 — 49.1% +0.06 14–13 (52%) 9–14 (39%) — +0.87
28 2000 1594 130.7 +2.10 -1.93 0.980 49.9% +26 +10 +418 39.5% -0.66 5–9 (36%) 3–9 (25%) — -1.16 1996 1720 136.2 -0.84 -0.53 0.950 49.0% +41 -92 — 47.4% -0.30 10–8 (56%) 17–9 (65%) — +0.66
29 2001 1810 144.7 +5.34 -4.11 0.982 50.0% -79 — +306 54.8% +0.19 9–6 (60%) 14–13 (52%) — -1.32 1997 1721 138.7 -0.89 -0.19 0.945 49.0% -19 +37 — 48.5% -0.23 15–9 (63%) 9–9 (50%) — -1.69
30 2002 1695 115.5 +0.35 -1.60 0.969 49.1% -55 — — 44.0% -0.20 2–1 (67%) 2–3 (40%) — +0.87 1998 1506 121.5 -3.40 -2.39 0.809 45.7% +72 +101 — 32.6% -1.41 2–10 (17%) 6–4 (60%) — -0.63
31 2003 1644 102.4 -2.78 -2.11 0.625 42.0% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — +0.12 1999 1492 110.7 +0.11 -0.81 0.941 49.1% +81 — — 30.0% -1.00 — 0–3 (0%) — +0.12
32 2004 1631 117.1 +1.50 -5.51 0.740 46.2% -17 -111 +403 37.8% -1.08 3–4 (43%) 7–2 (78%) — -0.66 2000 1481 100.7 -0.13 -0.95 0.675 44.1% — — — 0.0% -2.50 — 0–1 — +0.06
Career — 2126 157.5 +5.67 -1.23 1.105 51.6% -4 -18 +101 60.7% +0.55 151–107 (59%) 261–191 (58%) 106.2 -1.18 — 1848 142.5 -0.26 0.00 0.978 49.5% -30 +46 — 48.5% -0.05 121–107 (53%) 125–127 (50%) 101.6 +0.07

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.