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Pete Sampras #10 def. Marat Safin #3

6-3 7-6(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2001*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Marat Safin
Aces	20	16
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	82	87
Second serve points won %	54	47
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	72	70
Return points won %	30	28
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Marat Safin
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jan 27, 1980
Age	30	21
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,015	3,175
Elo (entering)	2,018	1,925
Career W-L	737–208	395–247
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 2 – 3 Marat Safin

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2001	QF	Andre Agassi	6-7(7) 7-6(2) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2001	R16	Patrick Rafter	6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	Andre Sa	7-6(4) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Julien Boutter	6-4 7-6(4) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2001	F	Lleyton Hewitt	6-7(4) 1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2001	QF	Mariano Zabaleta	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2001	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-2 2-6 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	Hicham Arazi	7-5 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	Ivan Ljubicic	7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Sebastien De Chaunac	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data