Lleyton Hewitt #3 def. Pete Sampras #10

7-6(4) 6-1 6-1

Lleyton Hewitt defeated Pete Sampras 7-6(4) 6-1 6-1 in the 2001 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 10, 2001*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2001
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 54m

Match Statistics

Stat	Lleyton Hewitt	Pete Sampras
Aces	7	11
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	64	60
First serve points won %	84	63
Second serve points won %	50	42
Break points saved %	50	54
Break points converted %	46	50
Service points won %	71	55
Return points won %	45	29
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Pete Sampras
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Aug 12, 1971
Age	20	30
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	10
Ranking points (entering)	3,695	2,015
Elo (entering)	2,058	2,038
Current career W-L	567–244	739–209
Current career earnings	$20,890,470	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt #3 3 – 4 Pete Sampras #10

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #7	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 2001	SF
Andy Roddick #18	6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 2001	QF
Tommy Haas #15	3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 2001	R16
Albert Portas #25	6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2001	R32
James Blake #95	6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2001	R64
Magnus Gustafsson #81	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2001	R128

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marat Safin #3	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 2001	SF
Andre Agassi #2	6-7(7) 7-6(2) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 2001	QF
Patrick Rafter #6	6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 2001	R16
Mikhail Youzhny #65	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2001	R32
Andre Sa #111	7-6(4) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2001	R64
Julien Boutter #55	6-4 7-6(4) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2001	R128