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Michael Chang #4 def. Fernando Meligeni #82

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 4, 1996*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Michael Chang
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	Fernando Meligeni
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Michael Chang	Fernando Meligeni
Aces	0	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	77	54
First serve points won %	66	61
Second serve points won %	53	23
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	63	44
Return points won %	56	37
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Fernando Meligeni
Country	USA	BRA
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Apr 12, 1971
Age	24	25
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	82
Ranking points (entering)	3,786	610
Elo (entering)	2,048	1,656
Career W-L	648–303	185–199
Career earnings	$19,145,632	$2,555,367

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang 0 – 0 Fernando Meligeni

Path

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Michael Tebbutt	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	Michael Sell	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	SF	Karim Alami	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Meligeni's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Richard Fromberg	3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	Jared Palmer	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data