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Richard Krajicek #13 def. Michael Stich #12

6-4 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1996*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-4 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Michael Stich
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Michael Stich
Aces	13	9
Double faults	7	7
First serve %	59	54
First serve points won %	90	72
Second serve points won %	44	56
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	71	65
Return points won %	35	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Michael Stich
Country	NED	GER
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Oct 18, 1968
Age	24	27
Height	196	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,924	1,997
Career W-L	408–207	350–162
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$12,595,128

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 3 – 7 Michael Stich

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1996	R32	Brett Steven	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1996	R64	Derrick Rostagno	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1996	R128	Javier Sanchez	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1996	QF	Pete Sampras	7-5 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1996	R32	Sandon Stolle	6-3 4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1996	R64	Shuzo Matsuoka	7-6(2) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1996	R128	Sjeng Schalken	6-3 3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data