Most Inspiring: Goran Ivanisevic d. Patrick Rafter, 2001 Wimbledon Final

The November/December 2003 issue of Tennis Magazine has a lead story concerning the "10 Greatest Matches of the Open Era." While not on the list of the top 10, the following made it in the Magazine as "Most Inspiring." John Kraljic

"Most Inspiring: Goran Ivanisevic d. Patrick Rafter, 2001 Wimbledon Final, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7

Cinderella would have had trouble beleiving that Ivanisevic, a perpetual Wimbledon also-ran, could win this title in his last year as a singles player there. When the smoke from his torunement record 212 aces cleared, Goran's fairy tale had come true."