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Pete Sampras #1 def. Karol Kucera #9

6-3 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 7-5 6-4
Loser	Karol Kucera

Stat	Pete Sampras	Karol Kucera
Aces	13	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	62	69
First serve points won %	83	68
Second serve points won %	57	29
Break points saved %	60	64
Break points converted %	36	40
Service points won %	73	56
Return points won %	44	27
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Karol Kucera
Country	USA	SVK
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Mar 4, 1974
Age	27	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	9
Ranking points (entering)	3,678	2,511
Elo (entering)	2,069	1,935
Career W-L	737–208	259–230
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$5,061,125

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 1 – 1 Karol Kucera

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Marat Safin	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Paul Goldstein	7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Marc Kevin Goellner	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1998	SF	Patrick Rafter	7-6(8) 4-6 6-2 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Karol Kucera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1998	R16	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-3 6-7(5) 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Adrian Voinea	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Jerome Golmard	7-5 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Steve Campbell	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data