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Pete Sampras #3 def. Patrick Rafter #14

6-7(10) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 10, 2000*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-7(10) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 58m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Aces	24	10
Double faults	12	7
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	88	75
Second serve points won %	56	49
Break points saved %	100	79
Break points converted %	21	0
Service points won %	77	64
Return points won %	36	23
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	28	27
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	14
Ranking points (entering)	3,458	1,496
Elo (entering)	2,093	1,947
Career W-L	737–208	332–177
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 8 – 4 Patrick Rafter

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2000	SF	Vladimir Voltchkov	7-6(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2000	QF	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2000	R16	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2000	R32	Justin Gimelstob	2-6 6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2000	R64	Karol Kucera	7-6(9) 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2000	R128	Jiri Vanek	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2000	SF	Andre Agassi	7-5 4-6 7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2000	QF	Alexander Popp	6-3 6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2000	R16	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-4 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2000	R32	Rainer Schuettler	6-2 7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 2000	R64	Todd Woodbridge	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2000	R128	Jamie Delgado	6-3 7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data