Pete Sampras #1 def. Boris Becker #10

6-1 6-2 6-2

Pete Sampras defeated Boris Becker 6-1 6-2 6-2 in the 1994 Italian Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 16, 1994*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1994
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: F
Duration: 1h 52m

Match Statistics

Stat	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker
Aces	5	4
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	47	34
First serve points won %	83	61
Second serve points won %	59	39
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	70	46
Return points won %	54	30
Total points won %	62	38

Player Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Nov 22, 1967
Age	22	26
Height	185 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	10
Ranking points (entering)	5,304	2,195
Elo (entering)	2,250	1,939
Current career W-L	739–209	672–220
Current career earnings	$43,280,489	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras #1 4 – 3 Boris Becker #10

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Slava Dosedel #51	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1994	SF
Andrea Gaudenzi #45	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1994	QF
Andrei Chesnokov #33	7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 1994	R16
Alex Corretja #39	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 12, 1994	R32
Aaron Krickstein #30	6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	May 11, 1994	R64

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Boris Becker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Goran Ivanisevic #6	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1994	SF
Michael Stich #2	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1994	QF
Cedric Pioline #14	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 1994	R16
Javier Sanchez #27	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 12, 1994	R32
Karel Novacek #38	6-1 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 11, 1994	R64