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Pete Sampras #1 def. Boris Becker #10

6-1 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1994*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-1 6-2 6-2
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	1h 52m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Nov 22, 1967
Age	22	26
Height	185	190
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	1,953
Career W-L	737–208	670–219
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 4 – 3 Boris Becker

Path

Pete Sampras's path

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

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Boris Becker's path

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