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Thomas Muster #4 def. Fabrice Santoro #43

6-3 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1997*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	1h 57m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	2	6
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	53	57
First serve points won %	73	73
Second serve points won %	58	52
Break points saved %	71	62
Break points converted %	38	29
Service points won %	66	64
Return points won %	36	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Fabrice Santoro
Country	AUT	FRA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Dec 9, 1972
Age	29	24
Height	180	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	43
Ranking points (entering)	2,414	985
Elo (entering)	1,836	1,764
Career W-L	590–267	456–432
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 2 – 4 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Thomas Muster's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1997	R16	Martin Damm Sr	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	—	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1997	R64	Patrick McEnroe	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data