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Petr Korda #9 def. Pete Sampras #4

1-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1992*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Petr Korda
Score	1-6 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Petr Korda	Pete Sampras
Aces	3	6
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	76	72
First serve points won %	59	64
Second serve points won %	50	44
Break points saved %	58	38
Break points converted %	62	42
Service points won %	57	58
Return points won %	42	43
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	Pete Sampras
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Aug 12, 1971
Age	24	20
Height	190	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,686	2,679
Elo (entering)	1,835	2,035
Career W-L	378–238	737–208
Career earnings	$10,448,900	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda 0 – 2 Pete Sampras

Path

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1992	R16	Alberto Mancini	3-6 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1992	R32	Andrei Cherkasov	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1992	R64	Gianluca Pozzi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1992	SF	Carlos Costa	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1992	R16	Goran Prpic	6-2 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1992	R32	Horst Skoff	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1992	R64	Paolo Cane	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data