Thomas Muster #2 def. Cedric Pioline #29

6-3 6-3

Thomas Muster defeated Cedric Pioline 6-3 6-3 in the 1996 Monte-Carlo Masters semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 28, 1996*
Tournament: Monte-Carlo Masters
Edition: 1996
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 17m

Match Statistics

Stat	Thomas Muster	Cedric Pioline
Aces	2	0
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	71	50
First serve points won %	73	63
Second serve points won %	53	33
Break points saved %	60	38
Break points converted %	62	40
Service points won %	67	48
Return points won %	52	33
Total points won %	60	40

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Cedric Pioline
Country	AUT	FRA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Jun 15, 1969
Age	28	26
Height	180 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	29
Ranking points (entering)	4,454	1,077
Elo (entering)	1,988	1,911
Current career W-L	590–268	370–301
Current career earnings	$12,266,977	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster #2 4 – 0 Cedric Pioline #29

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sjeng Schalken #65	5-7 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 28, 1996	QF
Carlos Moya #40	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 27, 1996	R16
Tomas Carbonell #47	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1996	R32

Thomas Muster's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Costa #16	6-3 5-7 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 29, 1996	F

Cedric Pioline's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Costa #33	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 28, 1996	QF
Andrei Medvedev #18	4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 27, 1996	R16
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #8	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1996	R32
Hendrik Dreekmann #53	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 24, 1996	R64