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Michael Chang #3 def. Thomas Muster #2

6-1 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 1997*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Michael Chang
Score	6-1 7-6(1)
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Michael Chang	Thomas Muster
Aces	4	4
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	51	48
First serve points won %	86	63
Second serve points won %	48	45
Break points saved %	83	57
Break points converted %	43	17
Service points won %	68	54
Return points won %	46	32
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Thomas Muster
Country	USA	AUT
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Oct 2, 1967
Age	25	29
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,595	3,615
Elo (entering)	2,056	2,036
Career W-L	648–303	590–267
Career earnings	$19,145,632	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang 1 – 4 Thomas Muster

Path

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1997	QF	Cedric Pioline	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1997	R16	Marc Rosset	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1997	F	Bohdan Ulihrach	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1997	QF	Mark Philippoussis	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1997	R16	Slava Dosedel	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1997	R32	Adrian Voinea	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data