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Pete Sampras #1 def. Hendrik Dreekmann #49

7-5 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 29, 1996*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	7-5 6-2 6-0
Loser	Hendrik Dreekmann
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Pete Sampras	Hendrik Dreekmann
Aces	19	2
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	63	50
First serve points won %	86	65
Second serve points won %	54	45
Break points saved %	—	25
Break points converted %	75	—
Service points won %	74	55
Return points won %	45	26
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Hendrik Dreekmann
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jan 29, 1975
Age	25	21
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	49
Ranking points (entering)	4,543	820
Elo (entering)	2,206	1,782
Career W-L	737–208	95–116
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$1,366,435

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 Hendrik Dreekmann

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	SF	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	QF	Mikael Tillstrom	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1996	R16	Tommy Haas	6-4 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	Alex Radulescu	5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Hendrik Dreekmann's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	SF	Jiri Novak	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1996	QF	Petr Korda	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1996	R16	Magnus Larsson	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1996	R32	Michael Stich	6-7(4) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data