Points won by each set: [ 29-31, 41-35, 44-34 ]
Points won directly behind the serve:
50 % Ivanisevic – 51 of 101
36 % Edberg – 41 of 113

Perhaps it could have been a routine 6-4, 6-3 victory for the Swede [6] if he’d converted one of three break points at 2:1 in the 2nd set – he had a chance to do this especially at 40/15 because the Croat [11] missed his first serve and stayed on the baseline (playing entire match serve-and-volley) to hit a perfect DTL backhand passing-shot. On the third adv-BP Edberg attacked the net following his chip return and his soft volley was only a few centimetres wide. Ivanisevic had his lone break points in the 3rd set, at 3:2 and 6:5 – both Edberg saved thanks to great volley skills. # Two years before Ivanisevic had lost to Edberg after the same scoreline in Sydney; at Queens Club ’96 they will play for the third time a deciding tie-break set.

# Comparison of their two semifinals with identical scorelines:
Sydney 1991: Edberg d. Ivanisevic 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(5)… 2 hours 29 minutes… Total points: 116-118 |aces: 3-11|… Ivanisevic 2 pts away
Paris 1993: Ivanisevic d. Edberg 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3)… 2 hours 9 minutes… Total points: 114-100 |aces: 23-4|… Edberg 3 pts away

Queens ’96 (3R): Edberg d. Ivanisevic 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-6(4)… 2 hours 5 minutes… Total points: 120-106 |aces: 5-16|… Ivanisevic 3 pts away