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Richard Krajicek #25 def. Stefan Edberg #54

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 19, 1996*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Stefan Edberg
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Stefan Edberg
Aces	9	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	54	68
First serve points won %	69	55
Second serve points won %	55	45
Break points saved %	75	33
Break points converted %	67	25
Service points won %	63	52
Return points won %	48	37
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Stefan Edberg
Country	NED	SWE
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Jan 19, 1966
Age	24	30
Height	196	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	54
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	801
Elo (entering)	1,857	1,842
Career W-L	408–207	744–246
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$20,630,941

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 3 – 2 Stefan Edberg

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	SF	Wayne Ferreira	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Cedric Pioline	6-3 7-6(12)	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Jan Siemerink	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data