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Pete Sampras #1 def. Lionel Roux #139

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1996*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Lionel Roux
Duration	52m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Lionel Roux
Aces	15	3
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	63	52
First serve points won %	96	74
Second serve points won %	62	52
Break points saved %	—	40
Break points converted %	60	—
Service points won %	84	64
Return points won %	36	16
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Lionel Roux
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Apr 12, 1973
Age	24	23
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	139
Ranking points (entering)	4,431	305
Elo (entering)	2,137	1,516
Career W-L	737–208	76–116
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$1,255,648

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 1 – 0 Lionel Roux

Path

Pete Sampras's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1996	R16	Magnus Norman	5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Lionel Roux's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1996	R64	Alex Obrien	7-5 5-7 6-3	W	—	Match data