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Stefan Edberg #18 def. Thomas Muster #6

6-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Oct 31, 1996*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	6-2 (ret.)
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	25m

Stat	Stefan Edberg	Thomas Muster
Aces	2	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	56	54
First serve points won %	100	40
Second serve points won %	75	54
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	89	46
Return points won %	54	11
Total points won %	67	33

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Thomas Muster
Country	SWE	AUT
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Oct 2, 1967
Age	30	29
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,493	3,166
Elo (entering)	1,915	1,944
Career W-L	744–246	590–267
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 8 – 1 Thomas Muster

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1996	R64	Michael Stich	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1996	R16	Fernon Wibier	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

No prior matches in this tournament.