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Paul Haarhuis #61 def. Thomas Muster #9

6-2 6-7(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 23, 1997*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Paul Haarhuis
Score	6-2 6-7(3) 6-2
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Paul Haarhuis	Thomas Muster
Aces	10	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	56	53
First serve points won %	78	58
Second serve points won %	69	53
Break points saved %	50	58
Break points converted %	42	50
Service points won %	74	56
Return points won %	44	26
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Haarhuis	Thomas Muster
Country	NED	AUT
Birth date	Feb 19, 1966	Oct 2, 1967
Age	31	30
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	61	9
Ranking points (entering)	738	2,311
Elo (entering)	1,689	1,842
Career W-L	250–245	590–267
Career earnings	$7,751,962	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Paul Haarhuis 1 – 6 Thomas Muster

Path

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1997	R64	Filip Dewulf	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1997	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(5) 6-7(3) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

No prior matches in this tournament.