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Pete Sampras #12 def. Xavier Malisse #48

7-6(4) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 28, 2001*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(4) 6-4
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 14m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Xavier Malisse
Aces	7	8
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	63	67
First serve points won %	81	82
Second serve points won %	64	63
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	75	75
Return points won %	25	25
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Xavier Malisse
Country	USA	BEL
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jul 19, 1980
Age	29	21
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	48
Ranking points (entering)	1,940	764
Elo (entering)	1,938	1,794
Career W-L	737–208	282–265
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 1 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 2001	QF	Magnus Norman	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 2001	R16	Michael Chang	7-6(6) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2001	R32	Chris Woodruff	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 2001	F	Andre Agassi	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 2001	QF	Taylor Dent	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 2001	R16	Marat Safin	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2001	R32	Justin Gimelstob	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data