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Pete Sampras #1 def. Jan Siemerink #26

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 1996*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Jan Siemerink
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Jan Siemerink
Aces	8	3
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	61	48
First serve points won %	83	79
Second serve points won %	35	39
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	64	58
Return points won %	42	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Jan Siemerink
Country	USA	NED
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Apr 14, 1970
Age	25	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	26
Ranking points (entering)	4,677	1,295
Elo (entering)	2,223	1,908
Career W-L	737–208	261–260
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$4,347,693

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 2 – 0 Jan Siemerink

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1996	QF	Andre Agassi	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1996	R16	Felix Mantilla	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1996	R32	Sargis Sargsian	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1996	F	Boris Becker	6-3 3-6 6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jan Siemerink's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1996	QF	Goran Ivanisevic	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1996	R16	Renzo Furlan	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1996	R32	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1996	R64	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data