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Pete Sampras #1 def. Alex Calatrava #81

7-6(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 2, 1998*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(6) 6-3
Loser	Alex Calatrava
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Alex Calatrava
Aces	9	9
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	67	58
First serve points won %	81	85
Second serve points won %	46	50
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	69	70
Return points won %	30	31
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Alex Calatrava
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jun 14, 1973
Age	26	24
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	81
Ranking points (entering)	3,632	580
Elo (entering)	2,095	1,623
Career W-L	737–208	69–109
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$1,335,933

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 Alex Calatrava

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1998	QF	Ramon Delgado	7-6(6) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1998	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1998	R32	Alex Obrien	6-2 7-6(5)	W	—	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1998	F	Jason Stoltenberg	6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Calatrava's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1998	QF	Steve Campbell	4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1998	R16	Dennis van Scheppingen	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1998	R32	Grant Stafford	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data