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Thomas Muster #2 def. Alberto Berasategui #29

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 20, 1996*
Tournament	Stuttgart Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Alberto Berasategui
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Alberto Berasategui
Aces	4	1
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	50	74
First serve points won %	75	56
Second serve points won %	56	60
Break points saved %	100	40
Break points converted %	60	0
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Alberto Berasategui
Country	AUT	ESP
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Jun 28, 1973
Age	28	23
Height	180	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	29
Ranking points (entering)	3,688	1,146
Elo (entering)	1,998	1,838
Career W-L	590–267	276–195
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 2 – 0 Alberto Berasategui

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1996	QF	Francisco Clavet	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1996	R16	Galo Blanco	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1996	R32	Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	7-6(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1996	F	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alberto Berasategui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1996	QF	Marc Kevin Goellner	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1996	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-7(5) 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1996	R32	Sergi Bruguera	7-6(6) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data