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Pete Sampras #6 def. David Wheaton #12

3-6 6-2 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	3-6 6-2 6-2 6-4
Loser	David Wheaton
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	Pete Sampras	David Wheaton
Aces	18	12
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	50	56
First serve points won %	76	78
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	71	62
Break points converted %	38	29
Service points won %	66	62
Return points won %	38	34
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	David Wheaton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jun 2, 1969
Age	20	22
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,016	1,948
Career W-L	737–208	231–190
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$5,238,401

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 1 – 0 David Wheaton

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Stephane Simian	7-6(3) 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Wayne Ferreira	6-1 6-2 2-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Christo Van Rensburg	6-0 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1991	QF	Jim Courier	2-6 6-7(4) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

David Wheaton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Todd Martin	7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1991	R64	Horst Skoff	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Richard Fromberg	6-0 4-6 7-6(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data