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Pete Sampras #1 def. Thomas Enqvist #29

7-5 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 1998*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-5 7-6(3)
Loser	Thomas Enqvist
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Thomas Enqvist
Aces	8	14
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	51	50
First serve points won %	83	72
Second serve points won %	59	56
Break points saved %	33	40
Break points converted %	60	67
Service points won %	71	64
Return points won %	36	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Thomas Enqvist
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Mar 13, 1974
Age	26	23
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	29
Ranking points (entering)	3,700	1,293
Elo (entering)	2,147	1,941
Career W-L	737–208	422–281
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$10,461,641

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 5 – 1 Thomas Enqvist

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	SF	Tommy Haas	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	QF	Sjeng Schalken	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1998	R16	Andrea Gaudenzi	7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1998	R32	Xavier Malisse	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Thomas Enqvist's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	SF	Sebastien Lareau	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1998	QF	Richey Reneberg	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1998	R16	Marcello Craca	4-6 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 1998	R32	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data