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Thomas Muster #25 def. J. Knippschild #122

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1998*
Tournament	Hamburg Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	J. Knippschild
Duration	56m

Stat	Thomas Muster	J. Knippschild
Aces	2	4
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	71	47
First serve points won %	70	65
Second serve points won %	62	42
Break points saved %	80	0
Break points converted %	100	20
Service points won %	68	53
Return points won %	47	32
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	J. Knippschild
Country	AUT	GER
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Feb 15, 1975
Age	30	23
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	122
Ranking points (entering)	1,395	379
Elo (entering)	1,863	1,617
Career W-L	590–267	47–69
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$1,017,972

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 1 – 0 J. Knippschild

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1998	R64	Albert Portas	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1998	QF	Karol Kucera	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Knippschild's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1998	R32	Filip Dewulf	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1998	R64	Magnus Norman	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data