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Thomas Muster #2 def. Cedric Pioline #29

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 1996*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 17m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Cedric Pioline
Country	AUT	FRA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Jun 15, 1969
Age	28	26
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	29
Ranking points (entering)	4,454	1,077
Elo (entering)	1,982	1,912
Career W-L	590–267	370–301
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 4 – 0 Cedric Pioline

Path

Thomas Muster's path

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

Thomas Muster's next match

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

Cedric Pioline's path

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