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Cedric Pioline #34 def. Thomas Muster #2

7-6(4) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1997*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Cedric Pioline
Score	7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 28m

Stat	Cedric Pioline	Thomas Muster
Aces	2	3
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	69	66
First serve points won %	76	80
Second serve points won %	67	43
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	100
Service points won %	73	67
Return points won %	33	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cedric Pioline	Thomas Muster
Country	FRA	AUT
Birth date	Jun 15, 1969	Oct 2, 1967
Age	27	29
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	34	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,151	3,946
Elo (entering)	1,801	2,071
Career W-L	370–301	590–267
Career earnings	$6,921,029	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Cedric Pioline 0 – 5 Thomas Muster

Path

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1997	R32	Marcelo Filippini	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 1997	R64	Hernan Gumy	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1997	QF	Albert Costa	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1997	R32	Renzo Furlan	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data