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Pete Sampras #4 def. Richard Krajicek #23

4-6 7-6(6) 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2000*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	4-6 7-6(6) 6-4 6-2
Loser	Richard Krajicek
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Richard Krajicek
Aces	8	21
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	68	60
First serve points won %	82	79
Second serve points won %	44	48
Break points saved %	75	33
Break points converted %	67	25
Service points won %	70	67
Return points won %	33	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Richard Krajicek
Country	USA	NED
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Dec 6, 1971
Age	29	28
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	23
Ranking points (entering)	3,039	1,143
Elo (entering)	2,084	1,917
Career W-L	737–208	408–207
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$10,077,425

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 3 – 5 Richard Krajicek

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2000	R16	Hyung-Taik Lee	7-6(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2000	R32	Agustin Calleri	7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2000	R64	Justin Gimelstob	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2000	R128	Martin Damm Sr	7-6(3) 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2000	SF	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6(7) 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2000	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	7-6(11) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2000	R32	Tim Henman	6-4 3-6 4-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2000	R64	Andre Sa	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2000	R128	Olivier Rochus	6-7(1) 6-1 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data