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Richard Krajicek #25 def. Wayne Ferreira #11

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 19, 1996*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	5	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	43	47
First serve points won %	73	61
Second serve points won %	66	46
Break points saved %	50	20
Break points converted %	80	50
Service points won %	69	53
Return points won %	47	31
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Wayne Ferreira
Country	NED	RSA
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Sep 15, 1971
Age	24	24
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	1,823
Elo (entering)	1,872	1,903
Career W-L	408–207	483–314
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 1 – 1 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	QF	Stefan Edberg	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 1996	F	Thomas Muster	2-6 4-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	QF	Andrei Medvedev	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Carlos Moya	2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Richey Reneberg	6-3 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Guy Forget	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data