Michael Chang #3 def. Thomas Muster #2

6-1 7-6(1)

Michael Chang defeated Thomas Muster 6-1 7-6(1) in the 1997 Indian Wells Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 16, 1997*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 27m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Thomas Muster
Country	USA	AUT
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Oct 2, 1967
Age	25	29
Height	175 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,595	3,615
Elo (entering)	2,060	2,043
Current career W-L	649–305	590–268
Current career earnings	$19,145,632	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang #3 1 – 4 Thomas Muster #2

Path

Michael Chang's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cedric Pioline #30	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 1997	QF
Marc Rosset #19	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 1997	R16
Sjeng Schalken #69	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 1997	R32

Michael Chang's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bohdan Ulihrach #27	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 17, 1997	F

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mark Philippoussis #32	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 16, 1997	QF
Slava Dosedel #59	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 1997	R16
Adrian Voinea #71	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 1997	R32