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Jan Apell #243 def. Thomas Muster #10

6-4 7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 21, 1998*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Jan Apell
Score	6-4 7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Jan Apell	Thomas Muster
Aces	14	2
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	60	58
First serve points won %	78	65
Second serve points won %	48	45
Break points saved %	40	58
Break points converted %	42	60
Service points won %	66	56
Return points won %	44	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jan Apell	Thomas Muster
Country	SWE	AUT
Birth date	Nov 4, 1969	Oct 2, 1967
Age	28	30
Height	183	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	243	10
Ranking points (entering)	167	2,326
Elo (entering)	1,610	1,820
Career W-L	44–67	590–267
Career earnings	$1,404,957	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Jan Apell 0 – 2 Thomas Muster

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