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Pete Sampras #3 def. Ivan Lendl #7

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 17, 1992*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	Ivan Lendl
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Ivan Lendl
Aces	13	12
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	57	55
First serve points won %	70	60
Second serve points won %	56	57
Break points saved %	57	56
Break points converted %	44	43
Service points won %	64	59
Return points won %	41	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Ivan Lendl
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Mar 7, 1960
Age	21	32
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	7
Ranking points (entering)	2,864	1,882
Elo (entering)	2,106	1,923
Career W-L	737–208	1,051–229
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$21,262,417

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 2 – 2 Ivan Lendl

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1992	SF	Stefan Edberg	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1992	QF	Petr Korda	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1992	R16	Mark Woodforde	2-6 7-6(8) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1992	R32	Francisco Montana	7-6(7) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ivan Lendl's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1992	SF	Michael Chang	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1992	QF	David Wheaton	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1992	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 1992	R32	Gianluca Pozzi	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data