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Greg Rusedski #6 def. Thomas Muster #20

7-6(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 15, 1998*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Greg Rusedski
Score	7-6(5) 6-1
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	59m

Stat	Greg Rusedski	Thomas Muster
Aces	12	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	73	54
First serve points won %	92	56
Second serve points won %	69	70
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	86	63
Return points won %	37	14
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Greg Rusedski	Thomas Muster
Country	GBR	AUT
Birth date	Sep 6, 1973	Oct 2, 1967
Age	24	30
Height	193	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	20
Ranking points (entering)	2,812	1,611
Elo (entering)	1,978	1,860
Career W-L	415–276	590–267
Career earnings	$8,944,841	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Greg Rusedski 1 – 0 Thomas Muster

Path

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1998	QF	Thomas Enqvist	2-6 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1998	R16	Carlos Moya	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 1998	R32	Vincent Spadea	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1998	F	Marcelo Rios	3-6 7-6(15) 6-7(4) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1998	QF	Andrei Medvedev	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1998	R16	Pete Sampras	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 1998	R32	Cedric Pioline	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1998	R64	Chris Woodruff	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data