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Michael Stich #16 def. Marc Rosset #15

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 1996*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Michael Stich
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Marc Rosset
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Michael Stich	Marc Rosset
Aces	9	6
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	69	61
First serve points won %	77	76
Second serve points won %	66	38
Break points saved %	100	56
Break points converted %	44	0
Service points won %	73	61
Return points won %	39	27
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Marc Rosset
Country	GER	SUI
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Nov 7, 1970
Age	27	25
Height	193	201
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,995	1,864
Career W-L	350–162	398–334
Career earnings	$12,595,128	$6,812,693

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich 2 – 2 Marc Rosset

Path

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1996	QF	Cedric Pioline	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Thomas Muster	4-6 6-4 6-1 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	4-6 6-0 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Greg Rusedski	6-3 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Patrik Fredriksson	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1996	F	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-7(4) 5-7 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Marc Rosset's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1996	QF	Bernd Karbacher	4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1996	R16	Stefan Edberg	7-6(4) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Jakob Hlasek	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Jiri Novak	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Carl Uwe Steeb	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data