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Marat Safin #11 def. Pete Sampras #10

6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2002*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(8)
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	3h 33m

Stat	Marat Safin	Pete Sampras
Aces	22	19
Double faults	4	9
First serve %	45	61
First serve points won %	81	73
Second serve points won %	57	46
Break points saved %	86	71
Break points converted %	29	14
Service points won %	68	63
Return points won %	37	32
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Pete Sampras
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Aug 12, 1971
Age	21	30
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,920	1,940
Elo (entering)	1,932	2,002
Career W-L	395–247	737–208
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 3 – 3 Pete Sampras

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Christophe Rochus	6-2 7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Antony Dupuis	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2002	QF	Wayne Ferreira	5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Nicolas Escude	7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-3 7-5 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Jarkko Nieminen	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data