Thomas Muster #2 def. Alberto Berasategui #29

6-3 6-3

Thomas Muster defeated Alberto Berasategui 6-3 6-3 in the 1996 Stuttgart Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 20, 1996*
Tournament: Stuttgart Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 17m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Alberto Berasategui
Country	AUT	ESP
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Jun 28, 1973
Age	28	23
Height	180 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	29
Ranking points (entering)	3,688	1,146
Elo (entering)	2,022	1,839
Current career W-L	590–268	276–195
Current career earnings	$12,266,977	$4,676,187

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster #2 2 – 0 Alberto Berasategui #29

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Francisco Clavet #33	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1996	QF
Galo Blanco #100	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1996	R16
Marcos Aurelio Gorriz #118	7-6(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1996	R32

Thomas Muster's next match

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

Alberto Berasategui's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marc Kevin Goellner #111	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1996	QF
Bohdan Ulihrach #31	6-7(5) 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 1996	R16
Sergi Bruguera #53	7-6(6) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 1996	R32