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Pete Sampras #3 def. Nicklas Kulti #58

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 1993*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Nicklas Kulti
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Nicklas Kulti
Aces	12	8
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	59	43
First serve points won %	86	66
Second serve points won %	65	47
Break points saved %	100	40
Break points converted %	60	0
Service points won %	78	55
Return points won %	45	22
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Nicklas Kulti
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Apr 22, 1971
Age	21	21
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	58
Ranking points (entering)	3,074	624
Elo (entering)	2,128	1,748
Career W-L	737–208	150–179
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$3,186,946

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 Nicklas Kulti

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1993	R16	Mark Woodforde	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1993	R32	Andrei Medvedev	2-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1993	SF	Amos Mansdorf	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Nicklas Kulti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1993	R16	Henrik Holm	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1993	R32	Magnus Gustafsson	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data