Goran Ivanisevic vs Byron Black — Los Angeles Quarter-final

Los Angeles · ATP · Quarter-final
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Goran Ivanisevic
54 yrs · 193 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 July 1997
hard
ZIM
Byron Black
56 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWLWLL
Ivanisevic G.
7-6 6-2
Black B.
Ivanisevic G.
7762
Black B.
632–

Goran Ivanisevic defeated Byron Black 7-6 6-2 in the Los Angeles quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Byron Black came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Goran Ivanisevic narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-11-08MoscowR16hardByron Black7-6(4) 3-1 RET
1999-08-02Canada MastersR64hardByron Black6-4 6-4
1997-03-17Miami MastersR64hardGoran Ivanisevic6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Ivanisevic G.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Black B.

Black B.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Ivanisevic G.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Ivanisevic G.Black B.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
61%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
81%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
66%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
33%
40%
Break points saved·Even
63%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
15.0
3.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.5
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Courier J.
Enqvist T.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Courier J.
Ivanisevic G.
6-36-4
Enqvist T.
Raoux G.
6-46-1
Quarter-finals
Enqvist T.
Carlsen K.
6-37-5
Raoux G.
Philippoussis M.
7-656-4
Courier J.
Krajicek R.
7-657-5
Ivanisevic G.
Black B.
7-636-2
R16
Ivanisevic G.
Delaitre O.
7-57-62
Enqvist T.
Spadea V.
7-646-1
Carlsen K.
Sargsian S.
6-43-66-3
Philippoussis M.
Stolle S.
3-66-46-3
Raoux G.
Rafter P.
6-47-65
Courier J.
Bhupathi M.
7-656-3
Krajicek R.
Weiner G.
7-55-77-65
Black B.
Gimelstob J.
6-27-61
R32
Bhupathi M.
Nestor D.
7-617-65
Delaitre O.
Ran E.
6-46-4
Ivanisevic G.
Godwin N.
7-646-3
Black B.
Flach D.
6-26-0
Gimelstob J.
Agassi A.
7-56-2
Krajicek R.
Ondruska M.
6-46-4
Weiner G.
Bryan B.
6-46-3
Courier J.
Stafford G.
7-57-5
Rafter P.
Roux L.
7-636-736-3
Raoux G.
Etlis G.
6-36-4
Stolle S.
Tebbutt M.
2-66-37-65
Philippoussis M.
Jabali R.
1-66-37-60
Sargsian S.
Obrien A.
6-46-3
Carlsen K.
Lareau S.
7-646-1
Spadea V.
Simian S.
7-66-1
Enqvist T.
Bryan S.
6-36-2