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Pete Sampras #1 def. Boris Becker #4

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

Match Information

Date	Nov 6, 1995*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-6(5) 6-4 6-4
Loser	Boris Becker
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker
Aces	12	19
Double faults	5	6
First serve %	50	47
First serve points won %	82	70
Second serve points won %	51	47
Break points saved %	86	80
Break points converted %	20	14
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Nov 22, 1967
Age	24	27
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	5,438	3,135
Elo (entering)	2,179	2,030
Career W-L	737–208	670–219
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$25,080,956

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 7 – 5 Boris Becker

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1995	SF	Jim Courier	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1995	QF	Jakob Hlasek	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1995	R16	Jan Siemerink	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1995	R32	Arnaud Boetsch	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Boris Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1995	SF	Wayne Ferreira	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1995	QF	Richard Krajicek	4-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1995	R16	Todd Martin	6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 1995	R32	Alexander Volkov	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data