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Pete Sampras #2 def. Alexander Volkov #15

6-4 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1993*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-4 6-3 6-2
Loser	Alexander Volkov

Stat	Pete Sampras	Alexander Volkov
Aces	16	8
Double faults	6	6
First serve %	57	43
First serve points won %	95	78
Second serve points won %	50	38
Break points saved %	—	64
Break points converted %	36	—
Service points won %	76	55
Return points won %	45	24
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Alexander Volkov
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Mar 3, 1967
Age	22	26
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,125	1,899
Career W-L	737–208	291–245
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$3,362,840

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 7 – 2 Alexander Volkov

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1993	QF	Michael Chang	6-7(0) 7-6(2) 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1993	R16	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1993	R32	Arnaud Boetsch	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1993	R64	Daniel Vacek	6-4 5-7 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1993	R128	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1993	F	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Volkov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1993	QF	Thomas Muster	7-6(6) 6-3 3-6 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1993	R16	Chuck Adams	6-2 7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1993	R32	Amos Mansdorf	2-6 7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1993	R64	Kevin Ullyett	6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1993	R128	Jonathan Stark	1-6 6-3 6-4 6-7(7) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data