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Mikael Tillstrom #105 def. Thomas Muster #3

7-5 4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mikael Tillstrom
Score	7-5 4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Thomas Muster

Stat	Mikael Tillstrom	Thomas Muster
Aces	4	2
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	62	58
First serve points won %	75	67
Second serve points won %	57	47
Break points saved %	67	25
Break points converted %	75	33
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mikael Tillstrom	Thomas Muster
Country	SWE	AUT
Birth date	Mar 5, 1972	Oct 2, 1967
Age	23	28
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	105	3
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,767	1,994
Career W-L	107–108	590–267
Career earnings	$2,030,525	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Mikael Tillstrom 0 – 1 Thomas Muster

Path

Mikael Tillstrom's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Patrick McEnroe	1-6 6-1 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Christian Ruud	6-3 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Aaron Krickstein	6-4 6-4 1-6 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mikael Tillstrom's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1996	QF	Michael Chang	0-6 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Nicklas Kulti	6-4 7-6(9) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Javier Frana	6-4 6-4 1-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Thierry Guardiola	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data