Thomas Muster #2 def. Marcelo Rios #16

6-3 4-6 6-4 6-1

Thomas Muster defeated Marcelo Rios 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the 1996 Barcelona Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 21, 1996*
Tournament: Barcelona Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Championship Series → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 2h 19m

Match Statistics

Stat	Thomas Muster	Marcelo Rios
Aces	4	6
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	57	46
First serve points won %	72	77
Second serve points won %	59	42
Break points saved %	85	57
Break points converted %	43	15
Service points won %	66	58
Return points won %	42	34
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Marcelo Rios
Country	AUT	CHI
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Dec 26, 1975
Age	28	20
Height	180 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,251	1,392
Elo (entering)	1,951	1,865
Current career W-L	590–268	366–180
Current career earnings	$12,266,977	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster #2 1 – 0 Marcelo Rios #16

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Carlos Moya #55	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 1996	SF
Francisco Roig #450	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 1996	QF
Bohdan Ulihrach #33	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1996	R16
Alex Corretja #48	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1996	R32

Thomas Muster's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marcelo Rios's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jim Courier #9	7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 1996	SF
Magnus Larsson #86	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 1996	QF
Ignacio Truyol #193	1-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1996	R16
Galo Blanco #141	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1996	R32