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Thomas Muster #2 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

6-2 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 21, 1996*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-2 6-2 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	1	5
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	45	57
First serve points won %	70	65
Second serve points won %	76	40
Break points saved %	100	69
Break points converted %	31	0
Service points won %	73	55
Return points won %	45	27
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	AUT	RUS
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Feb 18, 1974
Age	28	22
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,688	3,062
Elo (entering)	2,007	1,992
Career W-L	590–267	568–281
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 2 – 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1996	SF	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1996	QF	Francisco Clavet	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1996	R16	Galo Blanco	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1996	R32	Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	7-6(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1996	SF	Alex Corretja	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1996	QF	Felix Mantilla	2-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1996	R16	Mikael Tillstrom	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1996	R32	Gustavo Kuerten	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data