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Thomas Muster #30 def. Karim Alami #55

3-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1998*
Tournament	Estoril
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	3-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Karim Alami
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Karim Alami
Aces	3	3
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	77	59
First serve points won %	53	63
Second serve points won %	55	39
Break points saved %	62	40
Break points converted %	60	38
Service points won %	53	53
Return points won %	47	47
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Karim Alami
Country	AUT	MAR
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	May 24, 1973
Age	30	24
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	30	55
Ranking points (entering)	1,258	823
Elo (entering)	1,875	1,696
Career W-L	590–267	140–177
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$2,087,596

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 0 – 1 Karim Alami

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Albert Costa	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Fernando Meligeni	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Dinu Pescariu	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1998	F	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1998	QF	Felix Mantilla	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1998	R16	Slava Dosedel	6-4 4-6 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 1998	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data