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Pete Sampras #1 def. Patrick Rafter #60

5-7 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 1997*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	5-7 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Aces	10	8
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	55	63
First serve points won %	77	68
Second serve points won %	52	48
Break points saved %	57	76
Break points converted %	24	43
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	25	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	60
Ranking points (entering)	5,491	744
Elo (entering)	2,238	1,784
Career W-L	737–208	332–177
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 3 – 1 Patrick Rafter

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	SF	Sjeng Schalken	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	QF	Doug Flach	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1997	R16	Jonas Bjorkman	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Marcelo Filippini	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	SF	Grant Stafford	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1997	QF	Byron Black	6-3 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1997	R16	Justin Gimelstob	6-3 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1997	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data