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Richard Krajicek #13 def. Pete Sampras #1

7-5 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1996*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Richard Krajicek
Score	7-5 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Richard Krajicek	Pete Sampras
Aces	28	8
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	66	61
First serve points won %	91	83
Second serve points won %	45	38
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	75	66
Return points won %	34	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Krajicek	Pete Sampras
Country	NED	USA
Birth date	Dec 6, 1971	Aug 12, 1971
Age	24	24
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	1
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,953	2,179
Career W-L	408–207	737–208
Career earnings	$10,077,425	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Richard Krajicek 1 – 2 Pete Sampras

Path

Richard Krajicek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1996	R16	Michael Stich	6-4 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1996	R32	Brett Steven	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1996	R64	Derrick Rostagno	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1996	R128	Javier Sanchez	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Krajicek's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1996	SF	Jason Stoltenberg	7-5 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1996	R16	Cedric Pioline	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1996	R32	Karol Kucera	6-4 6-1 6-7(5) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1996	R64	Mark Philippoussis	7-6(4) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1996	R128	Richey Reneberg	4-6 6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data