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Pete Sampras #3 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 2001*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	10	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	61	56
First serve points won %	73	68
Second serve points won %	33	33
Break points saved %	25	29
Break points converted %	71	75
Service points won %	57	52
Return points won %	48	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	29	27
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,080	2,485
Elo (entering)	2,030	1,951
Career W-L	737–208	568–281
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 9 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2001	QF	Patrick Rafter	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2001	R16	Sebastien Grosjean	6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2001	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2001	R64	David Prinosil	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2001	F	Andre Agassi	6-7(5) 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2001	QF	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2001	R16	Goran Ivanisevic	5-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2001	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2001	R64	Marcelo Rios	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data