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Tim Henman #16 def. Pete Sampras #2

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 12, 2000*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Tim Henman
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Tim Henman	Pete Sampras
Aces	4	4
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	53	61
First serve points won %	87	71
Second serve points won %	52	32
Break points saved %	67	70
Break points converted %	30	33
Service points won %	70	56
Return points won %	44	30
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Henman	Pete Sampras
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Sep 6, 1974	Aug 12, 1971
Age	25	29
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,398	3,416
Elo (entering)	1,824	2,092
Career W-L	468–260	737–208
Career earnings	$11,635,542	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Tim Henman 1 – 6 Pete Sampras

Path

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2000	R32	Mariano Puerta	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2000	R64	Cecil Mamiit	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2000	QF	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 2000	R32	Taylor Dent	7-6(3) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 2000	R64	Mariano Zabaleta	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data