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Richard Krajicek #11 def. Pete Sampras #1

6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Nov 1, 1998*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Pete Sampras
Aces	16	17
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	55	60
First serve points won %	91	80
Second serve points won %	60	75
Break points saved %	100	80
Break points converted %	20	0
Service points won %	77	78
Return points won %	22	23
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Pete Sampras
Country	NED	USA
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Aug 12, 1971
Age	26	27
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,124	4,344
Elo (entering)	1,961	2,083
Career W-L	408–207	737–208
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 3 – 2 Pete Sampras

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	R16	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Magnus Norman	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1998	F	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1998	QF	Jan-Michael Gambill	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 1998	R16	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1998	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data