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Thomas Muster #23 def. Fernando Meligeni #58

6-4 6-7(8) 6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 1998*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-4 6-7(8) 6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	Fernando Meligeni
Duration	3h 19m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Fernando Meligeni
Aces	5	6
Double faults	4	9
First serve %	64	63
First serve points won %	67	66
Second serve points won %	58	47
Break points saved %	64	45
Break points converted %	55	36
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Fernando Meligeni
Country	AUT	BRA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Apr 12, 1971
Age	30	27
Height	180	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	58
Ranking points (entering)	1,515	785
Elo (entering)	1,902	1,789
Career W-L	590–267	185–199
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$2,555,367

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 2 – 0 Fernando Meligeni

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Christophe Van Garsse	6-2 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2	W	—	Match data
May 29, 1998	R64	Nicolas Kiefer	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1998	QF	Felix Mantilla	4-6 2-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Meligeni's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Todd Woodbridge	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1998	R64	Vincent Spadea	7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Thomas Johansson	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data