Pete Sampras #1 def. Michael Chang #2

6-1 6-4 7-6(3)

Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang 6-1 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1996 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 9, 1996*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Pete Sampras	Michael Chang
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 12, 1971	Feb 22, 1972
Age	25	24
Height	185 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,543	4,010
Elo (entering)	2,193	2,085
Current career W-L	739–209	649–305
Current career earnings	$43,280,489	$19,145,632

Pre-match H2H

Pete Sampras #1 10 – 7 Michael Chang #2

Path

Pete Sampras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Goran Ivanisevic #6	6-3 6-4 6-7(9) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 1996	SF
Alex Corretja #31	7-6(5) 5-7 5-7 6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1996	QF
Mark Philippoussis #22	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1996	R16
Alexander Volkov #78	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1996	R32
Jiri Novak #47	6-3 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1996	R64
Jimy Szymanski #164	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1996	R128

Pete Sampras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Michael Chang's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #9	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 8, 1996	SF
Javier Sanchez #67	7-5 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 1996	QF
Jakob Hlasek #50	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1996	R16
Vincent Spadea #69	6-4 5-7 2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1996	R32
Neville Godwin #118	6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1996	R64
Jaime Oncins #186	3-6 6-1 6-0 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1996	R128