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Petr Korda #16 def. Pete Sampras #1

6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 1997*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Petr Korda
Score	6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(3)
Loser	Pete Sampras
Duration	3h 34m

Stat	Petr Korda	Pete Sampras
Aces	15	24
Double faults	6	5
First serve %	67	61
First serve points won %	80	79
Second serve points won %	54	47
Break points saved %	50	75
Break points converted %	25	50
Service points won %	72	67
Return points won %	33	28
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Petr Korda	Pete Sampras
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Jan 23, 1968	Aug 12, 1971
Age	29	26
Height	190	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,746	5,491
Elo (entering)	1,888	2,149
Career W-L	378–238	737–208
Career earnings	$10,448,900	$43,280,489

Pre-match H2H

Petr Korda 3 – 11 Pete Sampras

Path

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Martin Damm Sr	4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Marzio Martelli	6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Vincent Spadea	2-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Petr Korda's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1997	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	6-7(3) 2-6 0-1 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1997	R32	Alex Radulescu	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1997	R64	Patrick Baur	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1997	R128	Todd Larkham	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data