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Thomas Muster #2 def. Jiri Novak #38

7-6(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 10, 1996*
Tournament	Mexico City
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	7-6(3) 6-2
Loser	Jiri Novak
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Jiri Novak
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	58	68
First serve points won %	68	62
Second serve points won %	70	39
Break points saved %	50	62
Break points converted %	38	50
Service points won %	69	55
Return points won %	45	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Jiri Novak
Country	AUT	CZE
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Mar 22, 1975
Age	28	20
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	38
Ranking points (entering)	4,444	895
Elo (entering)	1,923	1,698
Career W-L	590–267	318–250
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$7,618,613

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 0 – 0 Jiri Novak

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	SF	Francisco Clavet	6-3 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	QF	Alejandro Hernandez	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 8, 1996	R16	Luis Lobo	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1996	R32	Juan Albert Viloca Puig	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jiri Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	SF	Fernando Meligeni	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1996	QF	Javier Sanchez	6-3 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1996	R16	Frederic Fontang	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1996	R32	Francisco Montana	6-7(4) 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data