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Pete Sampras #1 def. Davide Sanguinetti #83

6-3 5-7 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 1, 1998*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 5-7 7-5
Loser	Davide Sanguinetti
Duration	1h 58m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Davide Sanguinetti
Aces	5	7
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	63	61
First serve points won %	79	64
Second serve points won %	55	62
Break points saved %	0	43
Break points converted %	57	100
Service points won %	70	63
Return points won %	37	30
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Davide Sanguinetti
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Aug 25, 1972
Age	26	25
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	83
Ranking points (entering)	3,632	573
Elo (entering)	2,093	1,510
Career W-L	737–208	157–233
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$2,935,584

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 1 – 0 Davide Sanguinetti

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1998	R32	Alex Obrien	6-2 7-6(5)	W	—	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1998	QF	Ramon Delgado	7-6(6) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Davide Sanguinetti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1998	R32	Mark Knowles	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data