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. Ivanisevic was 18 and had reached the semis of Wimbledon, where he'd lost to Boris Becker
Edberg won 78 points, Ivanisevic 65
Edberg serve-volleyed off all but 1 first serve and majority of time of seconds. Ivanisevic serve-volleyed most of the time off first serve
Serve Stats
Edberg...
- 1st serve percentage (49/76) 64%
- 1st serve points won (40/49) 82%
- 2nd serve points won (14/27) 52%
- Aces 3
- Double Faults 7
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (30/76) 39%
Ivanisevic...
- 1st serve percentage (36/67) 54%
- 1st serve points won (28/36) 78%
- 2nd serve points won (15/31) 48%
- Aces 6, Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (22/67) 33%
Serve Patterns
Edberg served...
- to FH 29%
- to BH 64%
- to Body 7%
Ivanisevic served...
- to FH 33%
- to BH 66%
- to Body 2%
Return Stats
Edberg made...
- 42 (16 FH, 26 BH), including 3 runaround FHs & 3 return-approaches
- 15 Errors, comprising...
- 6 Unforced (4 FH, 2 BH), including 2 runaround FHs & 1 return-approach
- 9 Forced (5 FH, 4 BH)
- Return Rate (42/64) 66%
Ivanisevic made...
- 39 (10 FH, 29 BH), including 2 runaround FHs
- 4 Winners (2 FH, 2 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 27 Errors, comprising...
- 4 Unforced (1 FH, 3 BH)
- 23 Forced (9 FH, 14 BH)
- Return Rate (39/69) 57%
Break Points
Edberg 1/6 (2 games)
Ivanisevic 1/1
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Edberg 14 (4 FHV, 5 BHV, 5 OH)
Ivanisevic 11 (4 FH, 3 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV, 2 OH)
Edberg had from 11 serve-volley points
- 4 first volleys (2 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)... the OH can reasonably be called a FHV
- 7 second volleys (3 BHV, 4 OH)
Ivanisevic had 3 from serve-volley points
- 2 first volleys (1 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 1 second volleys (1 OH)
- 4 returns (2 FH, 2 BH), all passes
- FHs - 1 dtl and 1 runaround inside-in
- BHs - 1 cc and 1 inside-in
- regular FHs - 2 dtl (1 pass)
- regular BH pass - 1 cc
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Edberg 25
- 14 Unforced (5 FH, 4 BH, 3 FHV, 2 BHV)
- 11 Forced (3 FH, 4 BH, 3 FHV, 1 BHV)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50
Ivanisevic 31
- 11 Unforced (6 FH, 2 BH, 2 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 20 Forced (11 FH, 6 BH, 1 FH1/2V, 1 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 48.2
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Edberg was...
- 56/71 (79%) at net, including...
- 46/59 (78%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 36/45 (80%) off 1st serve and...
- 10/14 (71%) off 2nd serve
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- 2/3 (67%) return-approaching
Ivanisevic was...
- 16/24 (67%) at net, including...
- 14/17 (82%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 14/16 (88%) off 1st serve and...
- 0/1 off 2nd serve
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- 0/1 forced back
Match Report
Good match on a fast court. Edberg plays like a master (as in, knows exactly what he's doing) as well as masterfully (as in, does it very well) while Ivanisevic's serve and return are impressive but the green around his ears shows
Some background. Goran was 18 years old. At Wimbledon, he had apparently had set point to go 2 sets to love up on Boris Becker in the semis, but went onto lose in 4 sets. He'd clearly created excitement as a hot young prospect for the future. In this event, he'd beaten Pete Sampras in earlier rounds. Commentators (Barry McKay and Vitas Gerulaitis) note that that match looked like a future Wimbledon final. McKay also says Goran is very mature... you win some, you lose some, even in commentary
Brief sidenote on commentary, I usually don't note quality of commentary as its not part of the match and often, inaccurate, fanciful or otherwise less than useful. Vitas though knows his tennis. Can't pronounce 'Ivanisevic' (McKay struggles too), but he knows his tennis
Nothing between the two in first set. Just 1 break point (Goran has it but can't make the return on it). Goran looks less unlikely to deliver on return though. He serves 36 points in the set, to Edberg's 50, but Edberg plays an almost flawless tiebreak, while Goran makes the odd strange choice, which costs him
In second set, Edberg has the run of play. Goran errs in ceasing to serve-volley
Edberg serve-volleys 98% off 1st serve (all but 1) and 70% off 2nd, Goran does so 55% off 1st and just once off 2nd
Goran wins 14/16 serve-volleying and 7/13 not doing so off first serve. Why doesn't he do it more? Edberg can barely make a return against the serve-volleying Goran. By contrast, he's even upto return-approaching against the staying back Goran after returning wide
Odd stat of the match is Edberg with 0 groundstroke winners. Don't think I've seen that before, especially from the winner
Serve, Return & Serve-Volley
Edberg serves about his standard. High 64% in, not overly strong but its a quick court which makes handling it a handful. Relatively low body serving (just 7% directed there) which is somewhat surprising because Goran hammers returns. Generally, Edberg serves a fair bit to body as default and goes there more and more when under fire. Here, he doesn't go there much even though he's under regular fire
7 double faults is high and a potential problem for Edberg, though it ends up not costing him
Goran's returning is Agassi-like of style: He pounds anything he can reach. Even regulation height balls tend to be powerfully enough hit to be tricky. Its enough to keep Edberg back fairly regularly on second serves... a good move
Is the heavy returning worth the cost of low 57% return rate for Goran? I'd say yes. Edberg has to volley superbly to cope. That he manages is to his credit, but Goran high risk, high reward power returning is sound, particularly in light of him being able to take care of his own service games
Goran starts with flurry of aces and while continuing to blast serves down, usually keeps ball in Edberg's reach. It takes Edberg awhile to come to grips with the heat of the shot - he has 6 UEs, all against second serves which are quite heavy too - but once he does, he returns with relative comfort. Rarely can Edberg make return when Goran serve-volleys, but for no seeming reason, Goran cuts back on it in second set just as Edberg gets a better grip on the return. Pity, would have been an interesting contest
Edberg seems to do everything right on the return. Gets a few firmly around net high against serve-volley and the odd one low, runsaround BH to hit second serves, returns wide and looks to take charge of point. Especially off BH, returns are cleanly hit
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. Ivanisevic was 18 and had reached the semis of Wimbledon, where he'd lost to Boris Becker
Edberg won 78 points, Ivanisevic 65
Edberg serve-volleyed off all but 1 first serve and majority of time of seconds. Ivanisevic serve-volleyed most of the time off first serve
Serve Stats
Edberg...
- 1st serve percentage (49/76) 64%
- 1st serve points won (40/49) 82%
- 2nd serve points won (14/27) 52%
- Aces 3
- Double Faults 7
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (30/76) 39%
Ivanisevic...
- 1st serve percentage (36/67) 54%
- 1st serve points won (28/36) 78%
- 2nd serve points won (15/31) 48%
- Aces 6, Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (22/67) 33%
Serve Patterns
Edberg served...
- to FH 29%
- to BH 64%
- to Body 7%
Ivanisevic served...
- to FH 33%
- to BH 66%
- to Body 2%
Return Stats
Edberg made...
- 42 (16 FH, 26 BH), including 3 runaround FHs & 3 return-approaches
- 15 Errors, comprising...
- 6 Unforced (4 FH, 2 BH), including 2 runaround FHs & 1 return-approach
- 9 Forced (5 FH, 4 BH)
- Return Rate (42/64) 66%
Ivanisevic made...
- 39 (10 FH, 29 BH), including 2 runaround FHs
- 4 Winners (2 FH, 2 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 27 Errors, comprising...
- 4 Unforced (1 FH, 3 BH)
- 23 Forced (9 FH, 14 BH)
- Return Rate (39/69) 57%
Break Points
Edberg 1/6 (2 games)
Ivanisevic 1/1
Winners (including returns, excluding serves)
Edberg 14 (4 FHV, 5 BHV, 5 OH)
Ivanisevic 11 (4 FH, 3 BH, 1 FHV, 1 BHV, 2 OH)
Edberg had from 11 serve-volley points
- 4 first volleys (2 FHV, 1 BHV, 1 OH)... the OH can reasonably be called a FHV
- 7 second volleys (3 BHV, 4 OH)
Ivanisevic had 3 from serve-volley points
- 2 first volleys (1 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 1 second volleys (1 OH)
- 4 returns (2 FH, 2 BH), all passes
- FHs - 1 dtl and 1 runaround inside-in
- BHs - 1 cc and 1 inside-in
- regular FHs - 2 dtl (1 pass)
- regular BH pass - 1 cc
Errors (excluding serves and returns)
Edberg 25
- 14 Unforced (5 FH, 4 BH, 3 FHV, 2 BHV)
- 11 Forced (3 FH, 4 BH, 3 FHV, 1 BHV)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50
Ivanisevic 31
- 11 Unforced (6 FH, 2 BH, 2 FHV, 1 BHV)
- 20 Forced (11 FH, 6 BH, 1 FH1/2V, 1 BHV, 1 BH1/2V)
- Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 48.2
(Note 1: All 1/2 volleys refer to such shots played at net. 1/2 volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke numbers)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Edberg was...
- 56/71 (79%) at net, including...
- 46/59 (78%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 36/45 (80%) off 1st serve and...
- 10/14 (71%) off 2nd serve
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- 2/3 (67%) return-approaching
Ivanisevic was...
- 16/24 (67%) at net, including...
- 14/17 (82%) serve-volleying, comprising...
- 14/16 (88%) off 1st serve and...
- 0/1 off 2nd serve
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- 0/1 forced back
Match Report
Good match on a fast court. Edberg plays like a master (as in, knows exactly what he's doing) as well as masterfully (as in, does it very well) while Ivanisevic's serve and return are impressive but the green around his ears shows
Some background. Goran was 18 years old. At Wimbledon, he had apparently had set point to go 2 sets to love up on Boris Becker in the semis, but went onto lose in 4 sets. He'd clearly created excitement as a hot young prospect for the future. In this event, he'd beaten Pete Sampras in earlier rounds. Commentators (Barry McKay and Vitas Gerulaitis) note that that match looked like a future Wimbledon final. McKay also says Goran is very mature... you win some, you lose some, even in commentary
Brief sidenote on commentary, I usually don't note quality of commentary as its not part of the match and often, inaccurate, fanciful or otherwise less than useful. Vitas though knows his tennis. Can't pronounce 'Ivanisevic' (McKay struggles too), but he knows his tennis
Nothing between the two in first set. Just 1 break point (Goran has it but can't make the return on it). Goran looks less unlikely to deliver on return though. He serves 36 points in the set, to Edberg's 50, but Edberg plays an almost flawless tiebreak, while Goran makes the odd strange choice, which costs him
In second set, Edberg has the run of play. Goran errs in ceasing to serve-volley
Edberg serve-volleys 98% off 1st serve (all but 1) and 70% off 2nd, Goran does so 55% off 1st and just once off 2nd
Goran wins 14/16 serve-volleying and 7/13 not doing so off first serve. Why doesn't he do it more? Edberg can barely make a return against the serve-volleying Goran. By contrast, he's even upto return-approaching against the staying back Goran after returning wide
Odd stat of the match is Edberg with 0 groundstroke winners. Don't think I've seen that before, especially from the winner
Serve, Return & Serve-Volley
Edberg serves about his standard. High 64% in, not overly strong but its a quick court which makes handling it a handful. Relatively low body serving (just 7% directed there) which is somewhat surprising because Goran hammers returns. Generally, Edberg serves a fair bit to body as default and goes there more and more when under fire. Here, he doesn't go there much even though he's under regular fire
7 double faults is high and a potential problem for Edberg, though it ends up not costing him
Goran's returning is Agassi-like of style: He pounds anything he can reach. Even regulation height balls tend to be powerfully enough hit to be tricky. Its enough to keep Edberg back fairly regularly on second serves... a good move
Is the heavy returning worth the cost of low 57% return rate for Goran? I'd say yes. Edberg has to volley superbly to cope. That he manages is to his credit, but Goran high risk, high reward power returning is sound, particularly in light of him being able to take care of his own service games
Goran starts with flurry of aces and while continuing to blast serves down, usually keeps ball in Edberg's reach. It takes Edberg awhile to come to grips with the heat of the shot - he has 6 UEs, all against second serves which are quite heavy too - but once he does, he returns with relative comfort. Rarely can Edberg make return when Goran serve-volleys, but for no seeming reason, Goran cuts back on it in second set just as Edberg gets a better grip on the return. Pity, would have been an interesting contest
Edberg seems to do everything right on the return. Gets a few firmly around net high against serve-volley and the odd one low, runsaround BH to hit second serves, returns wide and looks to take charge of point. Especially off BH, returns are cleanly hit