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Fernando Meligeni #58 def. Pete Sampras #2

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 13, 1999*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Fernando Meligeni
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Fernando Meligeni	Pete Sampras
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	62	47
First serve points won %	74	67
Second serve points won %	48	30
Break points saved %	83	55
Break points converted %	45	17
Service points won %	64	47
Return points won %	53	36
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Meligeni	Pete Sampras
Country	BRA	USA
Birth date	Apr 12, 1971	Aug 12, 1971
Age	28	27
Height	180	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	58	2
Ranking points (entering)	774	3,367
Elo (entering)	1,749	1,990
Career W-L	185–199	737–208
Career earnings	$2,555,367	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Meligeni 0 – 1 Pete Sampras

Path

Fernando Meligeni's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Cedric Pioline	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Meligeni's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1999	R16	Felix Mantilla	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 1999	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	3-6 6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data