Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Marat Safin #9 def. Pete Sampras #2

6-4 3-6 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Aug 6, 2000*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6(8)
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Marat Safin	Pete Sampras
Aces	13	11
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	56	59
First serve points won %	81	84
Second serve points won %	56	49
Break points saved %	67	86
Break points converted %	14	33
Service points won %	70	70
Return points won %	30	30
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Pete Sampras
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Aug 12, 1971
Age	20	28
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,951	3,291
Elo (entering)	1,887	2,113
Career W-L	395–247	737–208
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 1 Pete Sampras

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2000	R16	Nicolas Escude	3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2000	R32	Andrei Pavel	6-7(5) 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2000	R64	Jonas Bjorkman	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 2000	SF	Wayne Ferreira	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2000	R16	Sargis Sargsian	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2000	R32	Karim Alami	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2000	R64	Michael Llodra	5-7 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data