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Karim Alami #78 def. Michael Chang #4

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 4, 1996*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Karim Alami
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Michael Chang
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Karim Alami	Michael Chang
Aces	4	2
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	53	79
First serve points won %	79	54
Second serve points won %	41	54
Break points saved %	60	56
Break points converted %	44	40
Service points won %	61	54
Return points won %	46	39
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Karim Alami	Michael Chang
Country	MAR	USA
Birth date	May 24, 1973	Feb 22, 1972
Age	22	24
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	78	4
Ranking points (entering)	622	3,786
Elo (entering)	1,583	2,051
Career W-L	140–177	648–303
Career earnings	$2,087,596	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Karim Alami 0 – 1 Michael Chang

Path

Karim Alami's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	QF	Javier Frana	2-6 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Sandon Stolle	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	Luis Adrian Morejon	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Karim Alami's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1996	F	Nicklas Kulti	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Chang's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1996	QF	Fernando Meligeni	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1996	R16	Michael Tebbutt	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1996	R32	Michael Sell	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data