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Thomas Muster #4 def. Michael Chang #2

6-3 4-6 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Aug 10, 1997*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 4-6 7-6(2)
Loser	Michael Chang
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Michael Chang
Aces	6	8
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	53	39
First serve points won %	73	78
Second serve points won %	57	49
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Michael Chang
Country	AUT	USA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Feb 22, 1972
Age	29	25
Height	180	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	2
Ranking points (entering)	2,414	3,739
Elo (entering)	1,868	2,003
Career W-L	590–267	648–303
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 4 – 2 Michael Chang

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1997	QF	Jan Siemerink	6-7(1) 7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1997	R16	Martin Damm Sr	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Aug 7, 1997	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1997	F	Pete Sampras	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1997	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1997	R16	Andrei Medvedev	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1997	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-7(4) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data