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Thomas Muster #2 def. Sjeng Schalken #65

5-7 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 1996*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	5-7 6-1 6-4
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	1	4
Double faults	0	6
First serve %	70	57
First serve points won %	65	67
Second serve points won %	44	23
Break points saved %	45	43
Break points converted %	57	55
Service points won %	58	48
Return points won %	52	42
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Sjeng Schalken
Country	AUT	NED
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Sep 8, 1976
Age	28	19
Height	180	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	65
Ranking points (entering)	4,454	676
Elo (entering)	1,976	1,718
Career W-L	590–267	280–254
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 0 – 0 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1996	R16	Carlos Moya	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1996	R32	Tomas Carbonell	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1996	SF	Cedric Pioline	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1996	R16	Richard Krajicek	7-5 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1996	R32	Thomas Enqvist	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1996	R64	Patrik Fredriksson	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data