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Pete Sampras #1 def. Todd Woodbridge #37

6-2 6-1 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1997*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-2 6-1 7-6(3)
Loser	Todd Woodbridge
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Todd Woodbridge
Aces	10	4
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	65	63
First serve points won %	83	67
Second serve points won %	54	41
Break points saved %	83	38
Break points converted %	62	17
Service points won %	73	58
Return points won %	42	27
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Todd Woodbridge
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Apr 2, 1971
Age	25	26
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	37
Ranking points (entering)	4,743	1,072
Elo (entering)	2,126	1,851
Career W-L	737–208	237–229
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$10,078,820

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 4 – 1 Todd Woodbridge

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1997	QF	Boris Becker	6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1997	R16	Petr Korda	6-4 6-3 6-7(8) 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	Byron Black	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Hendrik Dreekmann	7-6(2) 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Mikael Tillstrom	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1997	F	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Todd Woodbridge's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1997	QF	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(7) 2-6 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1997	R16	Patrick Rafter	6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Marcos Ondruska	7-5 6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Michael Chang	7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data