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Thomas Muster #5 def. Grant Stafford #78

6-3 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 6-2 6-2
Loser	Grant Stafford
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Grant Stafford
Aces	6	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	57	61
First serve points won %	82	58
Second serve points won %	50	38
Break points saved %	86	54
Break points converted %	46	14
Service points won %	69	50
Return points won %	50	31
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Grant Stafford
Country	AUT	RSA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	May 27, 1971
Age	29	25
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	78
Ranking points (entering)	3,125	611
Elo (entering)	1,914	1,596
Career W-L	590–267	83–111
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$1,307,208

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 1 – 2 Grant Stafford

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Geoff Grant	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Jens Knippschild	6-4 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Jordi Burillo	6-0 6-1 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data