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Pete Sampras #1 def. Marat Safin #60

6-4 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1998*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-4 6-3 6-2
Loser	Marat Safin

Stat	Pete Sampras	Marat Safin
Aces	18	10
Double faults	7	3
First serve %	65	61
First serve points won %	90	83
Second serve points won %	46	39
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	75	66
Return points won %	34	25
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Marat Safin
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Jan 27, 1980
Age	27	18
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	60
Ranking points (entering)	3,678	715
Elo (entering)	2,064	1,707
Career W-L	737–208	395–247
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 Marat Safin

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Mikael Tillstrom	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Paul Goldstein	7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Marc Kevin Goellner	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1998	QF	Karol Kucera	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1998	R32	Thomas Muster	6-4 6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1998	R64	Taylor Dent	6-3 6-1 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1998	R128	Magnus Gustafsson	6-2 3-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data