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Pete Sampras #1 def. Sebastien Grosjean #117

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 1, 1998*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Sebastien Grosjean
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Sebastien Grosjean
Aces	16	4
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	55	55
First serve points won %	96	65
Second serve points won %	51	55
Break points saved %	0	64
Break points converted %	36	100
Service points won %	76	61
Return points won %	39	24
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Sebastien Grosjean
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	May 29, 1978
Age	26	20
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	117
Ranking points (entering)	3,779	429
Elo (entering)	2,062	1,673
Career W-L	737–208	320–236
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$8,131,803

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 Sebastien Grosjean

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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 3, 1998	QF	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Felix Mantilla	6-0 7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Brian Macphie	6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Martin Damm Sr	6-3 7-6(8) 6-3	W	—	Match data