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Pete Sampras #1 def. Cedric Pioline #16

6-4 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1996*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-4 6-4 6-2
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Cedric Pioline
Aces	17	10
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	60	64
First serve points won %	85	79
Second serve points won %	56	27
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	73	60
Return points won %	40	27
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Cedric Pioline
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jun 15, 1969
Age	24	27
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	16
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,169	1,930
Career W-L	737–208	370–301
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 6 – 0 Cedric Pioline

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1996	R32	Karol Kucera	6-4 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1996	R64	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1996	R128	Richey Reneberg	4-6 6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1996	QF	Richard Krajicek	5-7 6-7(3) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1996	R32	Jan Kroslak	6-2 7-6(5) 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 28, 1996	R64	Mark Petchey	6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1996	R128	Jan Siemerink	7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data