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Thomas Muster #2 def. Richard Krajicek #14

6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 20, 1996*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Richard Krajicek
Aces	1	8
Double faults	0	7
First serve %	81	60
First serve points won %	70	81
Second serve points won %	55	35
Break points saved %	78	62
Break points converted %	38	22
Service points won %	67	63
Return points won %	37	33
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Richard Krajicek
Country	AUT	NED
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Dec 6, 1971
Age	28	24
Height	180	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	4,413	1,464
Elo (entering)	2,042	1,889
Career W-L	590–267	408–207
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 1 – 1 Richard Krajicek

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	SF	Albert Costa	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	QF	Marcelo Rios	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Todd Martin	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Petr Korda	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Herbert Wiltschnig	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	SF	Wayne Ferreira	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	QF	Stefan Edberg	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data