Michael Chang #5 def. Andre Agassi #2

6-1 6-4 7-6(1)

Michael Chang defeated Andre Agassi 6-1 6-4 7-6(1) in the 1996 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 28, 1996*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Michael Chang	Andre Agassi
Aces	13	2
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	55	60
First serve points won %	81	52
Second serve points won %	61	47
Break points saved %	50	68
Break points converted %	32	50
Service points won %	72	50
Return points won %	50	28
Total points won %	59	41

Player Comparison

Field	Michael Chang	Andre Agassi
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Feb 22, 1972	Apr 29, 1970
Age	23	25
Height	175 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,043	2,205
Current career W-L	649–305	842–268
Current career earnings	$19,145,632	$31,152,975

Pre-match H2H

Michael Chang #5 4 – 9 Andre Agassi #2

Path

Michael Chang's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mikael Tillstrom #105	6-0 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1996	QF
Jean-Philippe Fleurian #153	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1996	R16
Guillaume Raoux #71	6-2 6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1996	R32
Jakob Hlasek #43	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1996	R64
David Rikl #81	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996	R128

Michael Chang's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Boris Becker #4	2-6 4-6 6-2 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 1996	F

Andre Agassi's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jim Courier #8	6-7(7) 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1996	QF
Jonas Bjorkman #34	4-6 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1996	R16
Steve Bryan #225	4-6 6-0 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1996	R32
Vincent Spadea #94	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1996	R64
Gaston Etlis #133	3-6 7-6(2) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1996	R128