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Pete Sampras #1 def. Ivan Lendl #17

7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1994*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(4)
Loser	Ivan Lendl

Stat	Pete Sampras	Ivan Lendl
Aces	19	14
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	67	57
First serve points won %	81	84
Second serve points won %	60	42
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	74	66
Return points won %	34	26
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Ivan Lendl
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Mar 7, 1960
Age	22	33
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,130	1,892
Career W-L	737–208	1,051–229
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 4 – 3 Ivan Lendl

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1994	R32	Stephane Simian	7-5 6-1 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1994	R64	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3 2-6 6-3 1-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1994	R128	Joshua Eagle	6-4 6-0 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1994	QF	Magnus Gustafsson	7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1994	R32	Paul Haarhuis	4-6 6-2 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1994	R64	Richey Reneberg	5-7 6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1994	R128	Greg Rusedski	6-4 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data