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Michael Stich #42 def. Jimmy Arias #60

3-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 1991*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Michael Stich
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Jimmy Arias
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Michael Stich	Jimmy Arias
Aces	5	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	61	70
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	62	50
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	70	63
Return points won %	37	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Stich	Jimmy Arias
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Oct 18, 1968	Aug 16, 1964
Age	22	26
Height	193	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	42	60
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,804	1,715
Career W-L	350–162	281–217
Career earnings	$12,595,128	$1,830,465

Pre-match H2H

Michael Stich 1 – 0 Jimmy Arias

Path

Michael Stich's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1991	R16	Gilad Bloom	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1991	R32	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Stich's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1991	SF	Jim Courier	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Arias's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1991	R16	Jason Stoltenberg	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1991	R32	Horst Skoff	7-6(4) 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data