R16 US Open 1996

Pete Sampras #1 def. Mark Philippoussis #22

6-3 6-3 6-4

Pete Sampras defeated Mark Philippoussis 6-3 6-3 6-4 in the 1996 US Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 4, 1996*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Stat	Pete Sampras	Mark Philippoussis
Aces	10	17
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	52.0%	53.0%
First serve points won %	86.0%	84.0%
Second serve points won %	60.0%	45.0%
Break points saved %	100.0%	64.0%
Break points converted %	36.0%	0.0%
Service points won %	74.0%	66.0%
Return points won %	34.0%	26.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Mark Philippoussis
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Nov 7, 1976
Age	25	19
Height	185 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	22
Ranking points (entering)	4,318	1,319
Elo (entering)	2,167	1,868
Current career W-L	739–209	291–193
Current career earnings	$43,280,489	$6,987,402

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras #1 2 – 1 Mark Philippoussis #22

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alexander Volkov #78	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1996	R32
Jiri Novak #47	6-3 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1996	R64
Jimy Szymanski #164	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1996	R128

Pete Sampras's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alex Corretja #31	7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1996	QF

Mark Philippoussis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cedric Pioline #17	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1996	R32
Andrei Olhovskiy #92	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1996	R64
Mark Woodforde #30	6-7(6) 6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1996	R128