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Thomas Muster #12 def. Paul Haarhuis #68

6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 1997*
Tournament	Ostrava
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Paul Haarhuis
Duration	1h 27m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Paul Haarhuis
Aces	5	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	57	54
First serve points won %	75	76
Second serve points won %	64	46
Break points saved %	100	92
Break points converted %	8	0
Service points won %	70	62
Return points won %	38	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Paul Haarhuis
Country	AUT	NED
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Feb 19, 1966
Age	30	31
Height	180	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	68
Ranking points (entering)	2,239	702
Elo (entering)	1,845	1,684
Career W-L	590–267	250–245
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$7,751,962

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 5 – 1 Paul Haarhuis

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Petr Kralert	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1997	QF	Diego Nargiso	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Haarhuis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1997	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data