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Lleyton Hewitt #3 def. Pete Sampras #10

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 2001*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Lleyton Hewitt
Score	7-6(4) 6-1 6-1
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 54m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lleyton Hewitt	Pete Sampras
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Feb 24, 1981	Aug 12, 1971
Age	20	30
Height	178	185
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	2,036
Career W-L	564–241	737–208
Career earnings	$20,890,470	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Lleyton Hewitt 3 – 4 Pete Sampras

Path

Lleyton Hewitt's path

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

Lleyton Hewitt's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2001	SF	Marat Safin	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3	W	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
Sep 5, 2001	R16	Patrick Rafter	6-3 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4	W	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