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Pete Sampras #1 def. Cedric Pioline #10

7-6(5) 1-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 24, 1993*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(5) 1-6 7-5
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	2h 25m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Cedric Pioline
Aces	10	6
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	55	55
First serve points won %	69	75
Second serve points won %	48	50
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	59	64
Return points won %	36	41
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Cedric Pioline
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jun 15, 1969
Age	22	24
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	10
Ranking points (entering)	3,925	1,954
Elo (entering)	2,156	1,960
Career W-L	737–208	370–301
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 3 – 0 Cedric Pioline

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1993	SF	Jakob Hlasek	1-6 6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1993	QF	Stephane Simian	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 1993	R16	Markus Naewie	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 1993	R32	Tomas Carbonell	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1993	SF	Richard Fromberg	6-3 6-7(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1993	QF	Martin Damm Sr	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Oct 22, 1993	R16	David Rikl	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 1993	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	7-6(8) 7-6(14)	W	H2H	Match data