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Thomas Muster #2 def. Marcelo Rios #16

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

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 1996*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4 6-1
Loser	Marcelo Rios
Duration	2h 19m

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

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	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,251	1,392
Elo (entering)	1,943	1,864
Career W-L	590–267	366–179
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$9,713,771

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 1 – 0 Marcelo Rios

Path

Thomas Muster's path

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

Thomas Muster's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marcelo Rios's path

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