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Galo Blanco #76 def. Pete Sampras #5

7-6(4) 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date Jun 1, 2001*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR64
Winner Galo Blanco
Score7-6(4) 6-3 6-2
Loser Pete Sampras
Duration2h 5m
StatGalo BlancoPete Sampras
Aces811
Double faults78
First serve %4554
First serve points won %7971
Second serve points won %6842
Break points saved %10079
Break points converted %210
Service points won %7358
Return points won %4227
Total points won %5743

Pre-match Comparison

FieldGalo BlancoPete Sampras
Country ESP USA
Birth dateOct 8, 1976Aug 12, 1971
Age2429
Height173185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)765
Ranking points (entering)5342,815
Elo (entering)1,6851,949
Career W-L122–175737–208
Career earnings$1,832,691$43,280,489
Pre-match H2H
Galo Blanco 0 1 Pete Sampras

Path

Galo Blanco's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 30, 2001R128 Rainer Schuettler 1-6 7-6(1) 6-4 7-6(8)WH2HMatch data

Galo Blanco's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 3, 2001R32 Lars Burgsmuller 7-5 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data

Pete Sampras's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 30, 2001R128 Cedric Kauffmann 6-3 4-6 6-2 3-6 8-6WH2HMatch data