Goran Ivanisevic vs Stefan Edberg Highlights | 1996 US Open Quarterfinal 

Ivanesvic’s serve this year 1996 was insane. Quick action lefty, unreadable.

I remember this match. Edberg always has been my favorite player. He was the best volleyer with elegant footwork combined with the best sportsmanship ever. By 1996, he did not have the motivation and lighting reflexes anymore. While it was sad, it was the right time to retire. Goran had the best serve ever - it eventually got him a Wimby title.

That Edberg backhand volley and that Goran serve - two of the greatest shots in the history of the game

Watching those Edberg moments, no words to describe. A thorough gentleman.

edberg is such a pleasure to watch. those vollies and that backhand.

Edberg’s ability to hit that overhead 2:07. Wow

Stefan Edberg was the most elegant player ever!

i still remember this match , ivanisivic aces were flying in all directions 96 was one of the best seasons for goran

Goran's serve is so pure. I forgot how fluid his serve was

Wow, Goran already sliding on hard courts back in 96!

An excellent example of the change that took place in the early and mid-90s from the net-charging game of the 70s and 80s to a heavy topspin groundstroke-based game. The massive serve also a sign of the times. Edberg is simply overpowered.

Amazed to see Edberg holding in there with this style of game against much more powerful opponents. I liked seeing him even rip a few forehand winners- so difficult with that technique!

Autant je me réveillais à 3 h du matin pour voir Goran autant aujourd’hui j'ai un peu plus de mal avec celui qu'il entraine... :)

1996 was Edberg's last year of his career, unbelievable how he quickly fell after the 1993 loss to Courier in AO final, while his greatest opponent Becker(who was only one year younger than him) was still entering ATP finals final and winning GS around 1993-1996.

The supreme serve and volleyer!!

My two favorite players. Goran is seriously underrated. Not just the best server ever. He had everything.

Watching edberg playing is always a pleasure even though he was far away from his best...what a player

volleys out of this world. love edberg.

Great contrast in style of tennis 🎾. Just returning Ivan serve is a challenge.!

That serve is still the most ridiculous in all of tennis history

Maybe my two favorite players growing up. Goran bc he was the young dude from Croatia that challenged the status quo at the time. Edberg bc there was no one like him.

Finally, a clip of Edberg where the video quality allow you to see the ball clearly.

Stefan Edberg c'était la classe internationale !!!

Edberg un jugador maravilloso

I believe Edberg looking back on his career would have done what he recommended Federer do in the later stages of his career and switch to a more powerful and larger framed racquet. He would sacrifice some of his world class touch but he might have made up for it with more sting to his shots. I feel like he could have played and won some more titles. He had a hall of fame career so he could have tried it and if it made no difference then nothing was lost.

So bold, s & v on 2nd serve...

Belle montée au filet de Edberg, la classe

I have to go back to 1996 to see an interesting tennis match.....

I was really not in to Gorans game at the time but Stefan game was full class

For me , Edberg had the best Footwork in Tennis History !

Ivanisevic...what a talent!!!!

Serve and volley was fun to watch.

Nessuno urlava e non fasteggiavano ogni punto fatto. Solo alla fine! ❤️

Partidazo mis favoritos match de los 90s

Goran is the serving monster machine 🎾🤟

Stefan un gran estilo y estupendos golpes, Goran muy talentoso siempre

Heat and humidity

Legendary

Edberg was elegant,but he had no answer to Gorans power,serve and huge groundstrokes.Probably best Gorans tennis ever, why he didnt win that year at Flushing?Its simple, he played tennis in wrong decade. Sampras era.

Final score: 6:3, 6:4, 7:6

Feder would be a just another Top 20 player in late 80' and early and mid 90'... Cuz there where so many great players, that made tennis no.1 sport

Watching so many linesmen on court seems unusual today.

5:27 Ace Goran

Ivanisevic could have done better by congratulating Stefan on a great career

I wish Goran and Stefan won more GSlams.

THE.MOST.BEATIFUL.ELEGANT.MAGICIAN.IN.TENNIS.ROGER

I was in ninth grade when this match is played. 14 years old and snuck out of study hall so I could go back to my dorm and watch the match. I wish Edberg had played better, but Goran Ivanišević was hitting serves that I’m pretty sure Edberg never saw.

Agree

Ivanisevic, capable of best and worst. Player of a talent and a personality like few others. His problem: patience and "knowing how to be" on court. He had an incredible amount of technical resources. He could play attack and even defense and he had something that today even players with 20 Grand Slams don't have: PERSONALITY. His great mental handicap that he had was the dependence on the colossal service that he had. If he was not successful with it, he would go crazy on court, losing matches that he had won. He became totally schizophrenic giving a pretty pitiful show on the track. It's a pity that his head was not at the level of his technical talent, otherwise his record would have been much more bulky. A very similar tennis player in terms of technical game potential and temperament was Marat Safin, a very powerful player, with very elegant shots, but with very little patience on court.

Why don't you at least post the score in the video description.

Watch how low ball is to net compared to today...

Goro moj, kad bi ti njemu sila prva serva, mogli smo se svi sakrit

Upload Agassi vs Becker 1995 semi final pls.

Goran Ivanisevic's shirt, wow.

This makes it look closer than it was. Edberg was not what he had been a few years previous and Ivanisevic's serve was on that night - around 30 aces as I recall. Edberg was actually still a match for him in everywhere else, but all those free points were too big a deficit for the retiring Edberg to overcome.

12:17 is that Tom Brokaw in the front row? :)

Уже тогда у Горона была прогрессивная современная манера игры.Не даром он и теперь прекрасный тренер.

Tom Cruise looks taller when playing tennis

Stefan Edberg's last US Open!

If only Goran had been a touch more patient and less prone to long spells of poor results. He had all the weapons.

It s pity Edberg retired too young. Just 30 yrs

Edberg in his prime was far better than Ivanisevic. But at this time he was near the end of his career

Edberg always struggled against big servers like Ivanisevic, it seemed like he didn't have any weapon to counter with against those players.

Ljubičić with hair at 11:58 🤣🤣

Yeah.... That sliding forehand shot was awesome..... Don't try that home..... Yeah.... That's right..... Everybody can't get it.... Only particular learners can get it....

Edberg retired too early

Hoy en día ese tenis de servicio y Red no resultaría te dejan como colador en la malla, nadal, federer y compañía te pasan como quieren, además que antes se iban con cualquier pelota a la red, ganabas el 50% de las pelotas y te pasaban el otro 50% hoy si ganas el 10% es mucho

👍👍

The days that saw the advent of baseline gamers.. serve and volleyers were finding it tough!!

Is it John McEnroe on Comms?

È andato più volte a rete edberg in una partita che Nadal e djokovic in 10 anni, da sto punto di vista altro tennis, basti vedere i segni di wimbledon, ora si consuma solo il fondo.

Мне было тогда так плохо,что Стефан проиграл.Он был моим любимым теннисистом.Потом только Великий Роджер вызывал такие чувства.Сейчас Рафа.По элегантности со Стефаном и Роджером никто не сравнится

Where is applause when Goran take the point!?? I always had opinion that crowd on Us open is bounch of jerks

1990's world #1 = 2020's world #50 something....???

Edberg’s forehand was so awful

Typical classless reaction from Goran Ivanisevic after winning match point. Now I know where Djokovic gets it from....

If Ivanisevic didn’t have that serve, he’d have never made it past a third or 4th round at a slam

Goran aged pretty badly, 25 years later, he looks like 70.

3 characteristics form a serve and volleyer: greed, impatience, and laziness.

2 grandi tennisti. Fenomeni.

Grandissimo anche Goran Ivanisevic❤

Stefan calmly drinking Pepsi during a US Open Quaterfinal...