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Patrick Rafter #3 def. Pete Sampras #2

1-6 7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 17, 1998*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Patrick Rafter
Score	1-6 7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Patrick Rafter	Pete Sampras
Aces	9	20
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	69	55
First serve points won %	67	75
Second serve points won %	61	54
Break points saved %	67	86
Break points converted %	14	33
Service points won %	65	65
Return points won %	35	35
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Patrick Rafter	Pete Sampras
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 28, 1972	Aug 12, 1971
Age	25	27
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	2
Ranking points (entering)	3,548	3,678
Elo (entering)	1,990	2,102
Career W-L	332–177	737–208
Career earnings	$11,133,128	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Patrick Rafter 1 – 7 Pete Sampras

Path

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1998	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1998	QF	Petr Korda	6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	R16	Todd Martin	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Guillaume Raoux	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1998	SF	Magnus Larsson	7-5 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1998	QF	Vincent Spadea	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1998	R16	Jan-Michael Gambill	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1998	R32	Martin Damm Sr	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data