Albert Portas vs Thomas Muster — Stuttgart Outdoor Round of 32

Stuttgart Outdoor · ATP · Round of 32
ESP
Albert Portas
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 July 1997
clay
AUT
Thomas Muster
58 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWLL
Portas A.
6-4 7-5
Muster T.
Portas A.
672
Muster T.
45–

Albert Portas defeated Thomas Muster 6-4 7-5 in the Stuttgart Outdoor round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Thomas Muster came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Albert Portas had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 6 on clay. Albert Portas claimed a first win over Thomas Muster in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1998-05-04Hamburg MastersR64clayThomas Muster6-2 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Portas A.serving66% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Muster T.

Muster T.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Portas A.

Serve advantage — Muster T.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Portas A.Muster T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
69%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
52%
Service points won·Even
59%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
64%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.7
3.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.8
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 129). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Corretja A.
Kucera K.
6-27-5
Semi-finals
Kucera K.
Portas A.
6-46-3
Corretja A.
Costa A.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Costa A.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-46-4
Corretja A.
Berasategui A.
6-46-4
Portas A.
Mantilla F.
6-26-4
Kucera K.
Bruguera S.
6-32-67-5
R16
Costa A.
Becker B.
W/O
Mantilla F.
Kuerten G.
4-1
Berasategui A.
Blanco G.
7-57-5
Kucera K.
Rios M.
6-46-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Clavet F.
4-66-36-2
Portas A.
Gumy H.
3-66-27-65
Bruguera S.
Ferreira W.
1-66-37-5
Corretja A.
Larsson M.
7-646-4
R32
Becker B.
Alami K.
7-657-65
Berasategui A.
Vicente F.
6-46-2
Rios M.
Sanchez J.
6-26-3
Kucera K.
Medvedev A.
6-26-4
Ferreira W.
Sinner M.
3-66-06-4
Bruguera S.
Dewulf F.
7-653-66-1
Kuerten G.
Knippschild J.
6-746-46-4
Mantilla F.
Meligeni F.
6-46-4
Gumy H.
Ulihrach B.
7-56-2
Portas A.
Muster T.
6-47-5
Larsson M.
Rusedski G.
7-646-726-4
Corretja A.
Goellner M.
7-56-1
Costa A.
Dosedel S.
6-37-5
Clavet F.
Rosset M.
7-56-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Santoro F.
2-66-36-4
Blanco G.
Moya C.
4-67-637-5
R64
Dewulf F.
Karbacher B.
6-40-1
Goellner M.
Reneberg R.
4-67-51-0
Kucera K.
Kiefer N.
1-2
Sinner M.
Johansson T.
6-727-667-5
Portas A.
Ruud C.
5-76-07-62
Gumy H.
Stanoytchev O.
6-32-66-2
Meligeni F.
Radulescu A.
6-16-3
Knippschild J.
Damm Sr M.
6-34-66-4
Santoro F.
Filippini M.
7-696-3
Clavet F.
Gustafsson M.
6-31-66-1
Dosedel S.
Hrbaty D.
7-646-2
Alami K.
Novak J.
7-614-67-5
Larsson M.
Elsner D.
6-36-4
Vicente F.
Furlan R.
6-36-4
Blanco G.
Arazi H.
7-57-64
Sanchez J.
Norman M.
6-37-64