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Pete Sampras #1 def. Tim Henman #6

3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 1999*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	2h 48m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Tim Henman
Aces	13	2
Double faults	10	11
First serve %	52	49
First serve points won %	82	72
Second serve points won %	48	39
Break points saved %	71	64
Break points converted %	36	29
Service points won %	66	55
Return points won %	45	34
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Tim Henman
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Sep 6, 1974
Age	27	24
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,548	2,790
Elo (entering)	2,014	1,964
Career W-L	737–208	468–260
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 5 – 1 Tim Henman

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1999	QF	Mark Philippoussis	4-6 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1999	R16	Daniel Nestor	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1999	R32	Danny Sapsford	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Sebastien Lareau	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Scott Draper	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1999	F	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1999	QF	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1999	R16	Jim Courier	4-6 7-5 7-5 6-7(5) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1999	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	6-1 6-7(8) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Chris Woodruff	6-4 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6-4 6-0 3-6 7-6(1)	W	—	Match data