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Michael Stich #16 def. Thomas Muster #2

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 1996*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Michael Stich
Score	4-6 6-4 6-1 7-6(1)
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	Michael Stich	Thomas Muster
Aces	23	0
Double faults	9	0
First serve %	56	78
First serve points won %	84	60
Second serve points won %	37	50
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	63	57
Return points won %	43	37
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Thomas Muster
Country	GER	AUT
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Oct 2, 1967
Age	27	28
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,942	2,044
Career W-L	350–162	590–267
Career earnings	$12,595,128	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich 2 – 1 Thomas Muster

Path

Michael Stich's path

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
May 31, 1996	R64	Greg Rusedski	6-3 7-5 6-3	W	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 7, 1996	QF	Cedric Pioline	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Adrian Voinea	6-2 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1996	R64	Gerard Solves	6-1 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Frederik Fetterlein	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data