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Pete Sampras #1 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #5

7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 1996*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	10	7
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	44	59
First serve points won %	82	76
Second serve points won %	69	38
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	75	60
Return points won %	40	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	25	22
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	4,543	3,059
Elo (entering)	2,199	1,969
Career W-L	737–208	568–281
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 3 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	QF	Mikael Tillstrom	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1996	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	Alex Radulescu	5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1996	F	Hendrik Dreekmann	7-5 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	QF	Marc Kevin Goellner	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1996	R16	Lionel Roux	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	Marc Rosset	6-3 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data