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Pete Sampras #1 def. Goran Ivanisevic #6

6-3 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1996*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3
Loser	Goran Ivanisevic

Stat	Pete Sampras	Goran Ivanisevic
Aces	24	30
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	66	61
First serve points won %	88	89
Second serve points won %	50	47
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	75	73
Return points won %	27	25
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Goran Ivanisevic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Sep 13, 1971
Age	25	24
Height	185	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	4,318	2,831
Elo (entering)	2,163	2,008
Career W-L	737–208	561–316
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$19,878,007

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 8 – 7 Goran Ivanisevic

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1996	QF	Alex Corretja	7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1996	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Alexander Volkov	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Jiri Novak	6-3 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Jimy Szymanski	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1996	F	Michael Chang	6-1 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Goran Ivanisevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1996	QF	Stefan Edberg	6-3 6-4 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1996	R16	Andrei Medvedev	6-4 3-6 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1996	R32	Hendrik Dreekmann	6-3 6-2 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1996	R64	Scott Draper	6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1996	R128	Andrei Chesnokov	1-6 6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data