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Boris Becker #3 def. Pete Sampras #1

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 1996*
Tournament	Stuttgart Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Boris Becker
Score	3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	3h 1m

Stat	Boris Becker	Pete Sampras
Aces	29	14
Double faults	11	7
First serve %	54	64
First serve points won %	83	76
Second serve points won %	46	46
Break points saved %	67	71
Break points converted %	29	33
Service points won %	66	65
Return points won %	35	34
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Boris Becker	Pete Sampras
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Nov 22, 1967	Aug 12, 1971
Age	28	25
Height	190	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,575	4,807
Elo (entering)	2,020	2,227
Career W-L	670–219	737–208
Career earnings	$25,080,956	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Boris Becker 5 – 9 Pete Sampras

Path

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1996	SF	Michael Chang	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1996	QF	Magnus Gustafsson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1996	R16	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1996	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Boris Becker's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1996	SF	Jan Siemerink	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1996	QF	Andre Agassi	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1996	R16	Felix Mantilla	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1996	R32	Sargis Sargsian	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data