Thomas Muster #2 def. Sergi Bruguera #35

7-6(6) 6-3 6-1

Thomas Muster defeated Sergi Bruguera 7-6(6) 6-3 6-1 in the 1997 Miami Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 24, 1997*
Tournament: Miami Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 58m

Match Statistics

Stat	Thomas Muster	Sergi Bruguera
Aces	6	6
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	85	73
Second serve points won %	65	47
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	76	61
Return points won %	39	24
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Sergi Bruguera
Country	AUT	ESP
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Jan 16, 1971
Age	29	26
Height	180 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	35
Ranking points (entering)	3,719	1,081
Elo (entering)	2,059	1,921
Current career W-L	590–268	420–257
Current career earnings	$12,266,977	$11,632,199

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster #2 9 – 3 Sergi Bruguera #35

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jim Courier #26	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1997	SF
Jonas Bjorkman #29	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1997	QF
Alex Corretja #22	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1997	R16
Tommy Haas #166	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 20, 1997	R32
Grant Stafford #69	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1997	R64

Thomas Muster's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Sergi Bruguera's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pete Sampras #1	5-7 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1997	SF
Andrei Medvedev #40	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1997	QF
Gaston Etlis #160	7-6(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1997	R16
Michael Chang #3	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 20, 1997	R32
Jason Stoltenberg #39	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1997	R64