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Thomas Muster #2 def. D. Dier #171

6-3 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 6-2 6-4
Loser	D. Dier
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Thomas Muster	D. Dier
Aces	18	9
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	48	54
First serve points won %	96	83
Second serve points won %	54	38
Break points saved %	100	20
Break points converted %	80	0
Service points won %	74	62
Return points won %	38	26
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	D. Dier
Country	AUT	GER
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Feb 16, 1972
Age	28	24
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	171
Ranking points (entering)	3,637	231
Elo (entering)	1,992	1,493
Career W-L	590–267	6–18
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$388,546

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 1 – 0 D. Dier

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Javier Frana	6-1 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Sergi Bruguera	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

D. Dier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Chuck Adams	6-4 2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data