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Pete Sampras #1 def. D. Sapsford #595

6-3 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 27, 1999*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Pete Sampras
Score	6-3 6-4 7-5
Loser	D. Sapsford
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Pete Sampras	D. Sapsford
Aces	23	1
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	74	46
First serve points won %	95	67
Second serve points won %	48	51
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	83	59
Return points won %	41	17
Total points won %	63	37

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	D. Sapsford
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Apr 3, 1969
Age	27	30
Height	185	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	595
Ranking points (entering)	3,548	33
Elo (entering)	1,979	1,562
Career W-L	737–208	16–31
Career earnings	$43,280,489	$450,722

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras 0 – 0 D. Sapsford

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	S. Lareau	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Scott Draper	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Pete Sampras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1999	R16	D. Nestor	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

D. Sapsford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1999	R64	Galo Blanco	6-3 3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1999	R128	Julian Alonso	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data