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Pete Sampras #2 def. Nicolas Lapentti #9

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 2000*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	4	8
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	58	63
First serve points won %	86	74
Second serve points won %	69	50
Break points saved %	100	83
Break points converted %	17	0
Service points won %	79	65
Return points won %	35	21
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	USA	ECU
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Aug 13, 1976
Age	28	23
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	2,932	1,858
Elo (entering)	2,103	1,889
Career W-L	737–208	282–280
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 1 – 0 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2000	R16	Greg Rusedski	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2000	R32	Andreas Vinciguerra	5-7 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2000	R64	Carlos Moya	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2000	SF	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2000	R16	Thomas Enqvist	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2000	R32	Felix Mantilla	5-7 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2000	R64	Xavier Malisse	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data