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Pete Sampras #1 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

7-6(2) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 1997*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(2) 6-3
Loser	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Aces	11	5
Double faults	5	3
First serve %	58	61
First serve points won %	81	57
Second serve points won %	41	52
Break points saved %	50	56
Break points converted %	44	50
Service points won %	64	55
Return points won %	45	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 18, 1974
Age	26	23
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,998	2,480
Elo (entering)	2,162	1,897
Career W-L	737–208	568–281
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$23,883,797

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 6 – 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1997	QF	Thomas Muster	6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1997	R16	Petr Korda	4-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1997	R32	Boris Becker	7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1997	F	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1997	QF	Greg Rusedski	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 1997	R16	Nicolas Escude	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 1997	R32	Daniel Vacek	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data