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Michael Stich #16 def. Greg Rusedski #74

6-3 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 31, 1996*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Michael Stich
Score	6-3 7-5 6-3
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Michael Stich	Greg Rusedski
Aces	15	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	59	59
First serve points won %	82	65
Second serve points won %	64	62
Break points saved %	100	56
Break points converted %	44	0
Service points won %	75	64
Return points won %	36	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Greg Rusedski
Country	GER	GBR
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Sep 6, 1973
Age	27	22
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	74
Ranking points (entering)	1,380	665
Elo (entering)	1,913	1,721
Career W-L	350–162	415–276
Career earnings	$12,595,128	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich 0 – 0 Greg Rusedski

Path

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Patrik Fredriksson	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	4-6 6-0 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Grant Doyle	6-2 1-6 7-5 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data