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Pete Sampras #17 def. Sjeng Schalken #25

7-6(6) 7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2002*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(6) 7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	Sjeng Schalken
Duration	2h 21m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Sjeng Schalken
Aces	22	5
Double faults	12	1
First serve %	72	66
First serve points won %	83	72
Second serve points won %	50	46
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	74	63
Return points won %	37	26
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Sjeng Schalken
Country	USA	NED
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Sep 8, 1976
Age	31	26
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	17	25
Ranking points (entering)	1,560	1,300
Elo (entering)	1,921	1,908
Career W-L	737–208	280–254
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$5,192,798

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 4 – 0 Sjeng Schalken

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2002	QF	Andy Roddick	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2002	R16	Tommy Haas	7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2002	R32	Greg Rusedski	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2002	R64	Kristian Pless	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2002	R128	Albert Portas	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2002	F	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2002	QF	Fernando Gonzalez	6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2002	R16	Gustavo Kuerten	6-3 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2002	R32	Sargis Sargsian	7-5 6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2002	R64	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2002	R128	Mark Philippoussis	6-7(1) 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data