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Sergi Bruguera #35 def. Pete Sampras #1

5-7 7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 1997*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Sergi Bruguera
Score	5-7 7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Sergi Bruguera	Pete Sampras
Aces	10	8
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	52	59
First serve points won %	68	73
Second serve points won %	63	49
Break points saved %	43	0
Break points converted %	100	57
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sergi Bruguera	Pete Sampras
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Jan 16, 1971	Aug 12, 1971
Age	26	25
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,081	5,684
Elo (entering)	1,885	2,219
Career W-L	414–255	737–208
Career earnings	$11,632,199	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Sergi Bruguera 2 – 2 Pete Sampras

Path

Sergi Bruguera's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1997	QF	Andrei Medvedev	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1997	R16	Gaston Etlis	7-6(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	Michael Chang	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1997	R64	Jason Stoltenberg	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Sergi Bruguera's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1997	F	Thomas Muster	6-7(6) 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 1997	QF	Hendrik Dreekmann	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1997	R16	Magnus Larsson	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1997	R32	Francisco Clavet	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1997	R64	Adrian Voinea	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data