THOMAS MUSTER

CURRENT SINGLES RANKING: 22 (May 18)
1998 WIN-LOSS RECORD: 17-9


INTERNATIONALER RAIFFEISEN GRAND PRIX
Sankt Poelten, Austria
May 18 - May 24,1998
Surface: Clay
Prize Money: $ 400,000 USD
Seeded: 3

SINGLES
Round 1: Defeated Clemens Trimmel.....4-6, 6-1, 7-5
Round 2: Defeated Juan Antonio Marin.....6-3, 6-7(4-7), 6-2
Quarterfinal: Lost to Marcello Filippini.....3-6, 4-6

DOUBLES
Round 1: With Andrea Gaudenzi Defeated Keil/Rafter
Quarterfinal: With Andrea Gaudenzi Lost to Adams/W. Black.....2-6, 3-6



Check out the draw at the ATP site or drop by the Official Raiffeisen Grand Prix site!


THIS WEEK'S ARTICLES
May 7: Chang's the only former French Open champ to lose, as Muster, Kuerten and Bruguera advance
May 6: Muster feels "people try to bury me alive," but he buried Kafelnikov
May 6: Muster confounds seedings and slams critics
May 6: Rios ousted by Ferreira, Muster beats Kafelnikov
May 5: Rios returns after elbow injury; Chang and Muster off to strong starts


LAST WEEK'S ARTICLES
Apr 15: Martin defeats Muster in Conde de Godo Open
Apr 14: Kafelnikov, Muster advance with difficulty at Conde de Godo
Apr 14: Muster, Kafelnikov through in Barcelona


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COMMENTS
Dear Thomas fans,

Here's a bit of interesting news from the ATP site:

Fear of flying takes Muster to the skies
On Wednesday afternoon in Hamburg, Thomas Muster invited six children into the Players Lounge as part of the tournament's Kids' Day program. The Austrian showed them around the area which is usually not open to public, offered them sweets and drinks and patiently answered their questions.

A surprise emerged when asked why he learnt to fly a helicopter: "It is because I was afraid of flying. I had to go into the offensive."

And that he did and he went even further and is preparing to take the exam for the helicopter instructor's licence. Both Muster and the children had a good time together.


Please do drop by the Interview Section and read Thomas' interview after defeating Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the second round of the German Open. Also, recently updated, are interviews from this year's Newsweek Champion's Cup as well as an ATP Portrait of Thomas for those of you who haven't had the chance to read them yet!

Myst
May 8th 1998


LINKS
Joe's ATP Statistics site: Thomas' ATP Statistics
Jelle's Page: Thomas' Head-To-Head Results
LaFlamme's Muster Page
Gudrun's Muster Page


HOW TO REACH THOMAS

• Thomas Muster Fan Club,
  c/o Giovanna Gaudio,
  via Galieno 46,
  80053 c/Stabia (Na), Italy
  
  
• AMI Promanagement
  370 Felter Ave.
  Hewlett, NY 11557, USA
  Tel. 516-569-8922
  

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Photograph by Clive Brunskill of AllSport.