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Pete Sampras #1 def. Patrick Rafter #4

7-6(7) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 16, 1999*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(7) 6-3
Loser	Patrick Rafter
Duration	1h 18m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Aces	12	4
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	67	54
First serve points won %	80	72
Second serve points won %	68	63
Break points saved %	50	0
Break points converted %	100	50
Service points won %	76	68
Return points won %	32	24
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Patrick Rafter
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Dec 28, 1972
Age	28	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	3,912	3,091
Elo (entering)	2,091	1,977
Career W-L	737–208	332–177
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$11,133,128

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 7 – 4 Patrick Rafter

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1999	SF	Andre Agassi	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1999	QF	Richard Krajicek	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1999	R16	Rainer Schuettler	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1999	R32	Jan Siemerink	7-6(9) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patrick Rafter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1999	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 1999	QF	Michael Chang	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 1999	R16	Nicolas Lapentti	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1999	R32	Daniel Vacek	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data