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Thomas Muster #2 def. Marcelo Rios #10

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 19, 1996*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Marcelo Rios
Aces	2	2
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	61	37
First serve points won %	63	63
Second serve points won %	50	25
Break points saved %	71	14
Break points converted %	86	29
Service points won %	58	39
Return points won %	61	42
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Marcelo Rios
Country	AUT	CHI
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Dec 26, 1975
Age	28	20
Height	180	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	10
Ranking points (entering)	4,415	1,974
Elo (entering)	2,022	1,924
Career W-L	590–267	366–179
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 2 – 0 Marcelo Rios

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Todd Martin	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Petr Korda	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Herbert Wiltschnig	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 1996	SF	Albert Costa	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1996	R16	Marc Rosset	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1996	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Alex Corretja	7-6(5) 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data