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Pete Sampras #1 def. Tim Henman #18

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1998*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 4-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Tim Henman
Aces	15	7
Double faults	7	10
First serve %	57	51
First serve points won %	87	79
Second serve points won %	51	42
Break points saved %	67	38
Break points converted %	62	33
Service points won %	71	61
Return points won %	39	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Tim Henman
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Sep 6, 1974
Age	26	23
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	18
Ranking points (entering)	3,779	1,840
Elo (entering)	2,077	1,881
Career W-L	737–208	468–260
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 2 – 1 Tim Henman

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1998	QF	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(5) 6-4 6-4	W	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 6, 1998	F	Goran Ivanisevic	6-7(2) 7-6(9) 6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1998	QF	Petr Korda	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1998	R16	Patrick Rafter	6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Byron Black	6-4 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	David Nainkin	6-3 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Jiri Novak	7-6(4) 7-5 5-7 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data