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Michael Stich #16 def. Cedric Pioline #19

6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1996*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Michael Stich
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Michael Stich	Cedric Pioline
Aces	16	6
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	59	52
First serve points won %	80	71
Second serve points won %	54	40
Break points saved %	73	50
Break points converted %	50	27
Service points won %	69	56
Return points won %	44	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Cedric Pioline
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Jun 15, 1969
Age	27	26
Height	193	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	19
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,973	1,952
Career W-L	350–162	370–301
Career earnings	$12,595,128	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich 2 – 1 Cedric Pioline

Path

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Thomas Muster	4-6 6-4 6-1 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	4-6 6-0 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Greg Rusedski	6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Patrik Fredriksson	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1996	SF	Marc Rosset	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Marcelo Rios	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Alberto Berasategui	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Richey Reneberg	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Javier Frana	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data