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Pete Sampras #2 def. Byron Black #70

7-6(3) 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1995*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(3) 6-4 6-0
Loser	Byron Black

Stat	Pete Sampras	Byron Black
Aces	22	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	64	70
First serve points won %	94	52
Second serve points won %	49	48
Break points saved %	0	57
Break points converted %	43	100
Service points won %	77	51
Return points won %	49	23
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Byron Black
Country	USA	ZIM
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Oct 6, 1969
Age	24	25
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	70
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,130	1,833
Career W-L	737–208	239–229
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$5,159,775

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 2 – 0 Byron Black

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1995	R16	Todd Martin	7-6(4) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1995	R32	Mark Philippoussis	6-7(5) 7-5 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1995	R64	Jaime Yzaga	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1995	R128	Fernando Meligeni	6-0 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1995	SF	Jim Courier	7-5 4-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Byron Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1995	R16	Michael Stich	6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1995	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1995	R64	Thomas Enqvist	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1995	R128	Arnaud Boetsch	7-6(3) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data