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Pete Sampras #1 def. Goran Ivanisevic #17

6-7(2) 7-6(9) 6-4 3-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1998*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-7(2) 7-6(9) 6-4 3-6 6-2
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic
Duration	2h 52m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	11	32
Double faults	8	20
First serve %	55	57
First serve points won %	82	87
Second serve points won %	56	35
Break points saved %	78	71
Break points converted %	29	22
Service points won %	71	65
Return points won %	35	29
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Sep 13, 1971
Age	26	26
Height	185	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	3,825	1,921
Elo (entering)	2,089	1,897
Career W-L	737–208	561–316
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 10 – 7 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Pete Sampras's path

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
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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1998	SF	Richard Krajicek	6-3 6-4 5-7 6-7(5) 15-13	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1998	QF	Jan Siemerink	7-6(10) 7-6(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1998	R16	Todd Martin	7-6(5) 6-3 3-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Andrei Medvedev	6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Grant Stafford	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data