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Stefan Edberg #3 def. Pete Sampras #1

6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Aug 15, 1993*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Stefan Edberg
Score	6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(5)
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Stefan Edberg	Pete Sampras
Aces	5	25
Double faults	5	16
First serve %	65	45
First serve points won %	68	89
Second serve points won %	65	51
Break points saved %	90	83
Break points converted %	17	10
Service points won %	67	68
Return points won %	32	33
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stefan Edberg	Pete Sampras
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jan 19, 1966	Aug 12, 1971
Age	27	22
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,230	4,197
Elo (entering)	2,055	2,132
Career W-L	744–246	737–208
Career earnings	$20,630,941	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Stefan Edberg 4 – 3 Pete Sampras

Path

Stefan Edberg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1993	QF	Brad Gilbert	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1993	R16	Wayne Ferreira	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1993	R32	Jakob Hlasek	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Stefan Edberg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1993	F	Michael Chang	5-7 6-0 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1993	QF	Steve Bryan	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1993	R16	Aaron Krickstein	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1993	R32	Bryan Shelton	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data