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Thomas Muster #3 def. Pete Sampras #2

7-6(6) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 1995*
Tournament	Essen Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Thomas Muster
Score	7-6(6) 6-2
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Thomas Muster	Pete Sampras
Aces	2	6
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	66	55
First serve points won %	72	66
Second serve points won %	50	39
Break points saved %	71	33
Break points converted %	67	29
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Thomas Muster	Pete Sampras
Country	AUT	USA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1967	Aug 12, 1971
Age	28	24
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,131	4,997
Elo (entering)	2,072	2,178
Career W-L	590–267	737–208
Career earnings	$12,266,977	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Thomas Muster 0 – 6 Pete Sampras

Path

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1995	QF	Sergi Bruguera	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1995	R16	Andrei Medvedev	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1995	R32	Byron Black	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Thomas Muster's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1995	F	MaliVai Washington	7-6(6) 2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1995	QF	Jim Courier	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1995	R16	Mark Woodforde	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1995	R32	Stefan Edberg	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data