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Ivan Lendl #3 def. Pete Sampras #5

5-7 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 1991*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Ivan Lendl
Score	5-7 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	3h 20m

Stat	Ivan Lendl	Pete Sampras
Aces	23	14
Double faults	8	1
First serve %	51	55
First serve points won %	85	81
Second serve points won %	57	49
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	71	67
Return points won %	33	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivan Lendl	Pete Sampras
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 7, 1960	Aug 12, 1971
Age	30	19
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,353	1,689
Elo (entering)	2,132	2,069
Career W-L	1,051–229	737–208
Career earnings	$21,262,417	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Ivan Lendl 1 – 1 Pete Sampras

Path

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1991	SF	Brad Gilbert	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1991	QF	Michael Stich	6-2 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1991	R16	Gary Muller	7-6(5) 6-3	W	—	Match data
Feb 14, 1991	R32	Guillaume Raoux	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1991	SF	John McEnroe	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 1991	QF	Petr Korda	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1991	R16	MaliVai Washington	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1991	R32	Milan Srejber	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data