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Pete Sampras #2 def. Vincent Spadea #90

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 24, 1996*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Vincent Spadea
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Vincent Spadea
Aces	7	4
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	48	65
First serve points won %	83	71
Second serve points won %	59	65
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	71	69
Return points won %	31	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Vincent Spadea
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	—
Age	24	—
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	90
Ranking points (entering)	4,451	525
Elo (entering)	2,126	1,726
Career W-L	737–208	310–348
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$5,004,860

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 2 – 0 Vincent Spadea

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1996	R16	Todd Martin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1996	R32	Jakob Hlasek	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1996	R64	Sjeng Schalken	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1996	SF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-2 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Vincent Spadea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1996	R16	Richard Krajicek	7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1996	R32	Stefano Pescosolido	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1996	R64	Thomas Enqvist	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1996	R128	Karim Alami	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data