SF Queen's Club Championships 1999

Pete Sampras #3 def. Lleyton Hewitt #42

4-6 6-4 7-6(4)

Pete Sampras defeated Lleyton Hewitt 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1999 Queen's Club Championships semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 12, 1999*
Tournament: Queen's Club Championships
Edition: 1999
Category: ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 9m

Match Statistics

Stat	Pete Sampras	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	13	6
Double faults	9	5
First serve %	54.0%	47.0%
First serve points won %	83.0%	74.0%
Second serve points won %	50.0%	55.0%
Break points saved %	75.0%	78.0%
Break points converted %	22.0%	25.0%
Service points won %	68.0%	64.0%
Return points won %	36.0%	32.0%
Total points won %	51.0%	49.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 24, 1981
Age	27	18
Height	185 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	42
Ranking points (entering)	3,300	959
Elo (entering)	1,966	1,822
Current career W-L	739–209	567–244
Current career earnings	$43,280,489	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras #3 1 – 0 Lleyton Hewitt #42

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Goran Ivanisevic #15	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 1999	QF
Wayne Arthurs #182	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 1999	R16
Todd Woodbridge #138	6-4 6-7(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 10, 1999	R32

Pete Sampras's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Henman #6	6-7(1) 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 1999	F

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cedric Pioline #59	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 1999	QF
Mark Philippoussis #10	6-7(4) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 1999	R16
Chris Wilkinson #202	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 10, 1999	R32
Diego Nargiso #156	7-6(2) 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 9, 1999	R64