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Pete Sampras #1 def. Thomas Muster #4

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 11, 1997*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Thomas Muster
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Thomas Muster
Aces	11	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	63	52
First serve points won %	82	64
Second serve points won %	63	42
Break points saved %	0	40
Break points converted %	60	100
Service points won %	75	54
Return points won %	46	25
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Thomas Muster
Country	USA	AUT
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Oct 2, 1967
Age	25	29
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	5,792	2,546
Elo (entering)	2,137	1,890
Career W-L	737–208	590–267
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$12,266,977

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 7 – 1 Thomas Muster

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1997	SF	Albert Costa	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1997	QF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1997	R16	Patrick Rafter	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1997	R32	Justin Gimelstob	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Thomas Muster's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1997	SF	Michael Chang	6-3 4-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1997	QF	Jan Siemerink	6-7(1) 7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1997	R16	Martin Damm Sr	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Aug 7, 1997	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data