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Pete Sampras #1 def. Mark Philippoussis #28

7-6(5) 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1998*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(5) 6-4 6-4
Loser	Mark Philippoussis
Duration	1h 45m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	10	14
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	46	58
First serve points won %	96	83
Second serve points won %	65	50
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	79	69
Return points won %	31	21
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Mark Philippoussis
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Nov 7, 1976
Age	26	21
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	28
Ranking points (entering)	3,779	1,228
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,836
Career W-L	737–208	287–190
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 3 – 2 Mark Philippoussis

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1998	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Thomas Enqvist	6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Mikael Tillstrom	6-4 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Dominik Hrbaty	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1998	SF	Tim Henman	6-3 4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Philippoussis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1998	R16	Jason Stoltenberg	5-7 6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Daniele Bracciali	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Alex Obrien	6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(2) 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-7(5) 7-6(1) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data