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Thomas Muster #4 def. Jan Siemerink #36

6-7(1) 7-6(3) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Aug 10, 1997*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-7(1) 7-6(3) 7-6(5)
Loser	Jan Siemerink
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Jan Siemerink
Aces	5	10
Double faults	2	13
First serve %	57	54
First serve points won %	70	65
Second serve points won %	53	58
Break points saved %	80	80
Break points converted %	20	20
Service points won %	63	62
Return points won %	38	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Jan Siemerink
Country	AUT	NED
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Apr 14, 1970
Age	29	27
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	36
Ranking points (entering)	2,414	1,121
Elo (entering)	1,858	1,725
Career W-L	590–267	261–260
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$4,347,693

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 3 – 0 Jan Siemerink

Path

Thomas Muster's path

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
Aug 7, 1997	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1997	SF	Michael Chang	6-3 4-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Siemerink's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1997	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1997	R32	Petr Korda	7-5 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1997	R64	Brett Steven	7-6(5) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data