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Pete Sampras #1 def. Cedric Pioline #23

6-4 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1997*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-4 6-2 6-4
Loser	Cedric Pioline
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Cedric Pioline
Aces	17	13
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	64	65
First serve points won %	90	77
Second serve points won %	65	50
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	81	67
Return points won %	33	19
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Cedric Pioline
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jun 15, 1969
Age	25	28
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	23
Ranking points (entering)	5,388	1,440
Elo (entering)	2,134	1,907
Career W-L	737–208	370–301
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$6,921,029

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 7 – 0 Cedric Pioline

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1997	SF	Todd Woodbridge	6-2 6-1 7-6(3)	W	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

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Cedric Pioline's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1997	SF	Michael Stich	6-7 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1997	QF	Greg Rusedski	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1997	R16	Brett Steven	3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1997	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1997	R64	Javier Frana	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1997	R128	Marcelo Charpentier	5-7 6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data