ivanisevic

He assembled a fantastic coaching team with Becker before disassembling it early this year. What is gonna be the situation this time? he needs a good coach asap.

Goran Ivanisevic beat Guy Forget 7-6(2), 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 in the Stockholm final, 1992 on carpet It was Ivanisevic’s first masters title and among others, he beat Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg - who had played the previous two finals at the event - en route to the final. Forget would shortly...

Goran Ivanisevic beat Andrei Medvedev 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(2) in the Paris final, 1993 on carpet It would be Ivanisevic’s only title at the event. Medvedev would win his first masters title the following year in Monte Carlo, and this was his only non-clay masters final Ivanisevic won 105 points...

Michael Stich beat Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(3), 6-2 in the Stockholm final, 1993 on carpet It was Stich’s second and last masters title and he would shortly after go onto win the Year End Championship, beating Ivanisevic in the semi-finals along the way. Ivanisevic, the defending...

Stefan Edberg beat Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the Stuttgart Indoor final, 1994 on carpet The two had previously played the final in 1992, with Ivanisevic winning in four sets Edberg won 118 points, Ivanisevic 91 Both players serve-volleyed off all first serves and almost all...

Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Rafter 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7 in the Wimbledon final, 2001 on grass It was Ivanisevic’s only Slam title, his fourth final at the event and he was playing as a wild card. Rafter had been runner-up the previous year as well Ivanisevic won 154 points, Rafter 150 Both...

Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic 7-6(7), 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the Wimbledon semi-final, 1995 on grass Sampras would go onto win the title for the third time in a row by beating Boris Becker in the final. The two had contested the final the previous year and would do so again in the 1998 with...

Goran Ivanisevic beat Pete Sampras 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the Miami semi-final, 1996 on hard court Ivanisevic would go onto lose the final to Andre Agassi. It would turn out to be Ivanisevic's only hard court masters final. Sampras had won the pair's last 5 meetings (excluding a...

Goran Ivanisevic beat Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-4 in the Manchester final, 1991 on grass It was the Ivanisevic's first title on grass. Sampras had been the defending champion. This was the pair's first match on grass. They'd go onto play 5 more, with Sampras winning 4 of them Ivanisevic won...

Got to take a little break from all the Slam race/GOAT discussions and revisit a certain Croatian wildcard's stunning run to 2001 Wimbledon title. How much did you enjoy that Goran triumph?

Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic 6-7(2), 7-6(9), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final, 1998 on grass It was Sampras' 5th Wimbledon title and he would win the next 2 as well. It was Goran's 3rd runner-up finish and he would go onto win the title in 2001. It was the last of4 meetings...

Andre Agassi beat Goran Ivanisevic 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final, 1992 on grass Agassi was playing his 4th Slam final, Ivanisevic his first and both were looking for their first Slam title. Agassi was seeded 12th and had beaten John McEnroe and Boris Becker among...

Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(5), 10-8 in the Grand Slam Cup semi-final, 1994 on carpet in Munich, Germany Sampras would go onto lose the final to Magnus Larsson. Ivanisevic would win the title the following year. The two had contested the Wimbledon final earlier...

Boris Becker beat Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(4) in the Stockholm final, 1994 on carpet It was Becker's 4th and last title at the event and he defeated the top 3 ranked players in the world in winning it (#3 Michael Stich in the quarters, #1 Sampras in the semis and #2 Ivanisevic)...

Stefan Edberg beat Goran Ivanisevic 7-6(3), 6-3 in the Long Island final, 1990 on hard court It was the recently #1 crowned Edberg's 4th title in a row following Wimbledon, Cincinnati and Los Angeles, but he would lose in the first round of the US Open, which started the following day...

Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the Miami final, 1994 on hard court Sampras had recently won the Australian Open and Indian Wells and was became the first player to defend Miami title. Agassi would win the event the next two years, beating Sampras in the final in '95...

Boris Becker beat Goran Ivanisevic 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the Grand Slam Cup final, 1996 on carpet in Munich, Germany It was Becker's only title at the event. Ivanisevic had been the defending champion Becker won 83 points, Ivanisevic 63 Becker serve-volleyed off all first serves and rarely...

Andre Agassi beat Goran Ivanisevic 6-4, 6-4 in the Vienna semi-final, 1994 on carpet Agassi, who had recently won the US Open, would go onto to beat Michael Stich in the final to win the title. Earlier in the year, Ivanisevic had been runner-up at Wimbledon Agassi won 64 points...

He played 18 slams as a seed (16-seed system, last two in a 32-seed system but was a top 16 seed anyway), but only made it to a seeded opponent 5 times (Lendl USO 91, Courier AO 94 QF, Sampras USO 96 SF, Muster AO 97 QF, Rafter USO 98 4R), and none of those matches were particularly close...

Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic 7-5, 6-3 in the Queen's Club quarter-final, 1999 on grass The win saw ensured Sampras returning to world number 1 and he would go onto win the title, as well as Wimbledon afterwards Sampras won 74 points, Ivanisevic 67 Both players serve-volleyed off all...

Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic 7-6(2), 7-6(5), 6-0 in the Wimbledon final, 1994 on grass With the win, Sampras defended his maiden Wimbledon crown. He would go onto win the following year for a three-peat and eventually, accumulate a then record 7 titles at the venue Sampras won 118...

Goran Ivanisevic believes Federer is capable of playing for many more years at the top because he feels nobody is capable of challenging him. “If he wins 20 (HE WON) I don’t know how you can compare it,” Ivanisevic said before AO final. “He’s one of the biggest sportsmen in the history of any...