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Pete Sampras #9 def. V. Paloheimo #72

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 22, 1991*
Tournament	Manchester
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	V. Paloheimo
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Pete Sampras	V. Paloheimo
Aces	3	4
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	70	48
First serve points won %	72	71
Second serve points won %	52	40
Break points saved %	89	73
Break points converted %	27	11
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	V. Paloheimo
Country	USA	FIN
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Dec 13, 1967
Age	19	23
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	72
Ranking points (entering)	1,613	504
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,700
Career W-L	737–208	40–52
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$353,661

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 V. Paloheimo

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1991	QF	Wally Masur	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1991	R16	MaliVai Washington	7-6(5) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1991	R32	C. Bergstrom	7-5 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1991	F	Goran Ivanisevic	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

V. Paloheimo's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1991	QF	Amos Mansdorf	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1991	R16	G. Bloom	6-7(2) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1991	R32	Jan Siemerink	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data