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Pete Sampras #1 def. Dominik Hrbaty #76

6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 1997*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-7(4) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4
Loser	Dominik Hrbaty
Duration	2h 56m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Dominik Hrbaty
Aces	17	21
Double faults	9	15
First serve %	71	68
First serve points won %	77	79
Second serve points won %	43	30
Break points saved %	70	62
Break points converted %	38	30
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Dominik Hrbaty
Country	USA	SVK
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jan 4, 1978
Age	25	19
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	76
Ranking points (entering)	4,865	622
Elo (entering)	2,192	1,608
Career W-L	737–208	326–296
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$7,070,095

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 Dominik Hrbaty

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Mark Woodforde	6-1 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Adrian Voinea	3-6 6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Dinu Pescariu	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1997	QF	Albert Costa	6-3 6-7(5) 6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dominik Hrbaty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1997	R32	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 7-6(3) 6-7(4) 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1997	R64	Nicklas Kulti	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1997	R128	Sandon Stolle	1-6 7-5 7-5 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data