SF Italian Open 1996

Richard Krajicek #25 def. Wayne Ferreira #11

6-3 6-3

Richard Krajicek defeated Wayne Ferreira 6-3 6-3 in the 1996 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 19, 1996*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 10m

Match Statistics

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	5	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	43.0%	47.0%
First serve points won %	73.0%	61.0%
Second serve points won %	66.0%	46.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	20.0%
Break points converted %	80.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	53.0%
Return points won %	47.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	58.0%	42.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Wayne Ferreira
Country	NED	RSA
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Sep 15, 1971
Age	24	24
Height	196 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	1,823
Elo (entering)	1,873	1,903
Current career W-L	408–207	487–317
Current career earnings	$10,077,425	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek #25 1 – 1 Wayne Ferreira #11

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stefan Edberg #54	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 1996	QF
Mark Philippoussis #29	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1996	R16
Francisco Clavet #43	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 1996	R32
Sergi Bruguera #13	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1996	R64

Richard Krajicek's next match

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

Wayne Ferreira's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrei Medvedev #40	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 1996	QF
Carlos Moya #22	2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 1996	R16
Richey Reneberg #33	6-3 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 1996	R32
Guy Forget #30	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1996	R64