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Pete Sampras #10 def. Patrick Rafter #6

6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 2001*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	2h 31m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Aces	20	16
Double faults	5	7
First serve %	54	67
First serve points won %	86	74
Second serve points won %	64	54
Break points saved %	100	71
Break points converted %	29	0
Service points won %	76	67
Return points won %	33	24
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	30	28
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	10	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,015	2,920
Elo (entering)	1,959	2,076
Career W-L	737–208	332–177
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 10 – 4 Patrick Rafter

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	Andre Sa	7-6(4) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Julien Boutter	6-4 7-6(4) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2001	QF	Andre Agassi	6-7(7) 7-6(2) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	7-6(3) 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	Christophe Rochus	7-5 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Bob Bryan	7-6(3) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data